Shooter's Nab
Been up at Shooter's Nab this afternoon to tick off Ricochet Wall; we parked in a lay-by right next to the reservoir as per the Rockfax Northern England description - which acknowledges that this probably isn't very legal but suggests that it isn't a problem as local dog walkers etc. do so - but came back to find that the large gate 100 metres down had been locked, blocking us in.
We ended up calling Yorkshire Water who eventually sent someone out - the guy noted that we'd driven past several signs stating that there was no parking and that it was private property, but let us off without anything further. He seemed pretty keen on not coming out again, however, so anyone else who runs into trouble in the same way may get more of a bollocking.
To confuse things further, we rang the shooting club prior to Yorkshire Water as we're pretty sure that it was one of their members who locked us in (they were wrapping up their shooting for the day as we were walking in). While we were driving back someone called us back to ask if we'd gotten out and said that the gate wasn't actually locked, merely closed - although my girlfriend was pretty sure that it actually was locked as she was the one who checked the gate, and so I've been ribbing her pretty mercilessly about that. He didn't seem annoyed about what had gone on, which seemed weird considering the complicated access history at the crag (although we didn't mention that we were climbers), and suggested that it wouldn't be a problem in the future for people to just let ourselves in and out as they never lock the gate.
Anyway, possibly this isn't hugely important, especially as we're not very sure if we were actually locked in or if I just need to question my girlfriend's gate expertise more in the future, but anyone heading over there may want to consider parking further down the road and walking slightly longer so as to not lose a couple of hours as we did.