Penultimate and hardest route of the day at Ferndale Quarry. Even hard sandstone is a little odd to move on, but fun. Ferndale is well worth a second visit - if only to try the 6b next to this one that, oddly, looked easier. Maybe I wouldn't have got quite so brain-lost on it as I did on this one! 🤣 Still, while my sequencing sucked, my perseverance seemed fine... Either way, you gotta give a go to a route called "Vat of Tikka Masala and an Orange Seagull", don't you? 🤔
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Not the Gower, but still Wales; heading back from the Gower, Helen, Carole and I were set to do a crag "on the way". After debate, we settled on Ferndale, North of the M4 near Porth. Sandstone, it turns out - big, blocky, hard, sandstone, not the "crumble at harsh words", soft, Southern Sandstone - and a shortish approach (up a big hill, though!). This banging route had a slightly shaky start, an interesting puzzle crux, and a fun upper section.
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