I met Crispin, Mat and Nat at the Stanage Plantation car park yesterday and had a successful day on a number of superb routes. We started with a viscous warm-up by climbing Right Unconquerable (HVS 5b FA Joe Brown 1949) followed by ascents of Paradise Arete and Namenlos as well as a great top rope of Comet by Crispin. The grit was a bit greasy in places from recent rain and the midges where a nuisance once the breeze eased off but we stayed dry and aren’t too far off the grit season.