In reply to Milesy:
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> The euros will always scratch up something. What was the post from last year of euros dry tooling on the ben on a top rope?
That is an unfair comment... more scratches initiate from tool owners closer to home than the continent.
Most visitors who make the trip from the continent know better than come on a set date (unless for the international meet).
Alas as always there will be some who will get something done come what may... and often the accent is not foreign or even English for that matters.
Having said that, we have all made the mistake at least once, and climb a route that wasn't in proper nick. I'll not cast the first stone...