Seasoned guidebook author Martin Crocker has undertaken the mammoth task of
thoroughly revising and updating his 1992 Avon & Cheddar guidebook.
Since the last
guide over 500 new routes have been climbed. These include, for example, The
Quiet Mind (E7 6a/b), with its blind and reachy crux, and the sport route
Academic (F8a), both at Avon. Holcombe Quarry in the Mendips has provided over
50 sport routes, Brean Down nearly twice that number of mainly trad offerings.
Cheddar is the scene for three F8a+ testpieces: Homegrown, The Empire Strikes
Back, and Bristol Weed, as well as the E8 free version of Fornicator Simulator.
Not all the additions are at cutting-edge grades however; Cheddar has a host of
sub-E1 additions.
A feature of the guide is the significant number of new crags. As well as
Holcombe mentioned above, Croscombe, Mells, Dinder Wood, and Horrington Hill
will give a change of venue in pleasant settings.
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