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Fly Wall and Woodcroft Quarry: the current owners have not given permission to climb on this section of crag. If you do climb on this part of the crag, please be careful not to damage any fences in the area.

GO Wall: topping out now allowed year round for all routes from Feline/Jackal leftwards. King Kong ab. bolts removed. No topping out any time for right hand end – ab. stations in place where required. A large rockfall has recently (Jan 2013) been reported at the righthand side of the Pedestal on Go Wall - care should be taken with any remaining loose rock that may still be in place in this area.

North Wall: following a change of ownership of the house above this section of crag, the previous arrangement to exit through it’s garden is not longer possible. Please do not top out on any North Wall routes - only abseil descent from below the top of the crag is allowed. For those who don't wan't to climb above the Great Ledge, an abseil descent can be made from one of the two bolted abseil stations above The Tap or Joe’s Route. Two further abseil stations have been established just below the top of North Wall (using rope slings and rings around trees) allowing the last pitch of the more popular routes to be climbed and an abseil descent to the Great Ledge be made. 

All rock north of the North Buttress and south of Fly Wall is privately owned and all climbing is prohibited.

Seasonal Restrictions

Dates: 1 March to 15 June

Reason: Nesting Birds

Ravens nesting on Wurlitzer. The restriction applies to all routes on Fly Wall between Flypast and Gendarmerie.

Peregrins nesting on North Wall. Avoid top pithes of left hand route (from the great ledge)

55m, 2 pitches. From the stance of Guytha climbs up and left easily to a niche. Move right with difficulty onto an exposed prow. Scary, unprotected moves up this to a welcome finishing hold.

Probably F Bennett et al 1967.

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badgerjockey 22 May, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: To get off, we downclimbed a couple of metres from the big top platform and headed a few metres north (right looking out) towards the top of Zelda. There’s a couple of small ash trees among the bushes which have tat and maillon which were good when we used them. The ash are suffering from dieback so may not be long for this world but were well enough rooted for my bulk at the time. The book recommends a walk off past Zelda.
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βeta: To get off, we downclimbed a couple of metres from the big top platform and headed a few metres north (right looking out) towards the top of Zelda. There’s a couple of small ash trees among the bushes which have tat and maillon which were good when we used them. The ash are suffering from dieback so may not be long for this world but were well enough rooted for my bulk at the time. The book recommends a walk off past Zelda.

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High E1
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Route of Interest
The Laughing Cavaliers

Grade: HVS 5a ***
(Shorn Cliff)

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