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.

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

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

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 quick burn on top rope.

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.

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.

I like this route, just not in the dark.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A good route, with one very nervy clip (the fourth) and a strenuous crux move straight after (took a couple of tries to work it out). The rest is straightforward.

A variety of technical and balancy moves makes this a really satisfying one to tick off. Got the two overhang moves dialled tonight.

A clean lead on a classic route, and a new personal best at that. In the sunshine. Life feels pretty good.

One last practice ascent.

Next lead project, maybe.

Not quiiiite ready to try the lead. Soon.

A clean ascent, on the second go. A time or two more to dial in the moves, and it'll be time to try this on lead.

A route with very little to recommend it. First viable protection is 10m up, second is another 15m higher, then you scramble to the top of the first pitch. If you're going to put yourself at that much risk, the climb better be worth it. Second pitch is a 5m joke. Skip this one.

A good, satisfying trad lead.

OK for a warm-up.

Getting a grip on the leading edge of the overhang (start of second pitch) feels pretty hairy. Decent for practicing multi-pitch.

Hilariously good fun, on lead. Would be an awful lot more committing to climb it trad.

Tick!

Decent warm-up.