Hi all - who has been to Cawdor Quarry and is it really that awful? I see there have been some recent ascents logged so some people go there, but there are also plenty of very rude comments about it!
I'm pretty philosophical about climbing in that I know I'm lucky enough to live somewhere, on the edge of the Peak, close to many crags and hence get more chance to climb than many. And as a result, it's very rare that I don't enjoy climbing no matter how objectively poor the routes are. On Thursday night I did a two or three bolt long 5c at Horseshoe that I hadn't done before and I probably enjoyed it as much as the 2* VS I had done at Agden Rocher a week ago. So I've enjoyed Pin Dale, I've enjoyed Intake Quarry, I've enjoyed the upper tier of Goddard's for example.
Is Cawdor really that much worse than any of them? Or is it, secretly, a mid grade gem of a crag, and it's devotees have just sworn each other to silence to avoid the hoardes descending on it (like at Masson Lees)?