Holmfirth bouldering

Crag: Holmfirth Cliff
Routes: Arsenic Slab (font3), Devs (V0), Scarface (V0), Bumbachum (V1), Crimp and Pop (font4), Riblet (font5), Left Crack (font3), Right Crack (font3), Problem 11 (font5+), Spiders (font5+), Crystal Crack (font4), Man Utd Arete (font4), Cock Over (font5+), Pocket Wall (V2), Fist-Sized Crack (font3).
Never my favourite discipline, the idea of recording short boulder problems has always struck me as slightly absurd. A few things were different here, however: first, the problems felt more like miniature routes at times; second, many of them were relatively easy; third, I really enjoyed this crag of quarried grit above the famous town of Holmfirth. It was particularly nice to get some fresh air after a day confined to one room in Huddersfield. Some sun peeking through the clouds and nice views out over town and valley as I located and climbed the four short problems on the left-hand slab. Quite delicate, particularly Bumbachum up the featureless middle of the slab. Really enjoyed going up and down the two easy crack lines further right, which felt like miniature grit Severes and warranted several ascents. The line up the middle was a more technical font 5+ on small flat holds, as was the thought-provoking Spiders, which took thin cracks up a greener wall up to a flat hold then escaped left. The routes further right were quite high, particularly Crystal Crack which was a good strong line but surprisingly dirty and vegetated. Further right again, I did numerous routes, including the high but easy Man Utd Arete, the short and intense Over Cock at font 5+, and the more delicate Pocket Wall, which was a good technical route up a pocketed black wall of friable grit but seemed a little overgraded. Various other routes too, but less obvious lines, and it was difficult to remember them all.