Ascents in Mountain Quarry as various tick types by Ashley Felton

Sweet little trad line, very protectable.

Good, but I don't think I'll ever feel the urge to do this again.

A pleasure to get on this again.

That's right: this route is awesome.

Hey, I remember: trad is scary on lead. Calling this one a retro-flash.

A messy dog of an ascent on top rope. At least I made it all the way up this time.

Good confidence-booster to come back to this and lead it cleanly.

Gotta trust your feet on this. Good moves, grade 20 feels about right.

Redpoint attempt: got through the hard bit smooth-as, then slipped off the finisher. Careless, but not unhappy with this effort.

Had grand plans to practice then pink point this, but was not to be today. But now I know it's secrets!

Nice warmup. I suspect I spent a bit much time in the corner.

I might have enjoyed this more if it hadn't started raining midway. Nevertheless, some good moves.

Clean as you like.

A good route with a variety of moves needed to finish. I should have had it clean the second try, but lost concentration and dogged it. Another day.

A quick burn on top rope.

Old school climbing! In the sense of widely-spaced bolts, the first of which is a certainty of crippling injury in the event of a fall. I made that okay, and the second, but couldn't figure out the hard move to gain the third. Nonetheless, a great line that I'll come back to.

A very pleasant surprise, way better than expected. If it were at ground level, I'd describe it as "must try".

Pleasant enough climbing, worth doing to reach On Edge (above). Use the last third as an opportunity to practice your trad placements.

Technical, interesting and unique moves. Will definitely come back and try doing this cleanly.

The first pitch is fairly straightforward, the second is a lot more challenging (hats off to Kym). Second carrot on the 2nd pitch (after the hanger) is in a butt-clenchingly high spot.

Good fun, though pretty damn tough for the grade. Needs a couple of hangers on the ledge at the natural top of pitch one. The sequence on the pitch two arete felt harder than 19, but I dogged through it eventually.

I like this route, just not in the dark.

I can do pretty much all the individual moves on this, while fresh. The trouble is stringing them all together.

Setting up/retrieving gear for offspring to have a climb.

Wild contortions to get through the overhang, then efficient moves to scale the arete. It's pretty doable, once you know how.

Forgot where the secret hold was on the hard move. Ah wells.

Blasted straight through the crux this time, only to find that the next couple of clips are pretty hard work too.

Has some interesting and chancy moves in the bottom half. Not ashamed to admit that having the beta made me feel a bit braver.

Got it done cleanly this visit.

Was very close to writing this off as an impossible waste of time, then worked out a way to get through the starting overhang. Bazinga! Will come back another day and try the lead.

Couldn't work out the first move on the first try, or the second, but eventually. A somewhat tricky start, but the rest is straightforward.

Tried the lead, had an awesome long fall and got freaked out. Went back on top rope to practice that 2nd crux sequence a bit more. Getting better.

Finally nailed this cleanly on lead, despite my apparent desire to reinvent half the moves each time I climb it. Classic!!!

The practice finally paid off with a clean ascent. A personal best! Back soon to try for the clean lead.

Fell on the last move. Bah.

A super-satisfying, technical crux move.

Snatched a quick lead, between helping out the kids.

What's the opposite of sandbagged? An okay climb, but it's barely harder than AWA.

A good warm-up.