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Lawrencefield – The Peak District

Lawrencefield is a fantastic crag. It has what I consider to be the most important attributes of a good climbing venue:

* It’s quiet
* It’s tall (for the Peak District) – some of the climbs are almost 30m
* There’s some really fantastic climbs, whether you’re a V Diff or E1 leader

If you can lead up to HS standard, you will absolutely love this venue as there are some really pleasurable and rewarding climbs in the lower grades.

Nova HS 4b, Lawrencefield, Peak District

This was our second trip to Lawrencefield, and it didn’t start too well. We got all the way down to the crag and I realised that I had left the guidebook in the car – doh! I had to run all the way back to the surprise view car park.

We started on the Gingerbread Slab, David kicked things off with a pretty easy V Diff called Snail Crack, which we had climbed on our previous visit. I decided the raise the stakes and go for a HS called Nova.