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Duck Stones
Duck Stones (GR 026030) is a good mainly easier grade bouldering venue. There are one or two more difficult problems to be found but the nature of the heavily weathered rock tends to lend itself to easier grades. It is situated on the skyline overlooking Dovestones Reservoir at a height of approx 1500' and is exposed to the prevailing weather. Some of the problems do suffer from seepage and can be sandy after rain. It is probably best left for a dry summer to enjoy at its best. Shady on the morning the crag catches the afternoon and evening sun.
Approach: from Dovestones Reservoir car park (pay and display - strictly policed) follow the track round the right hand side of the reservoir, past the sailing club hut until a bridge is reached. Duck Stones proper is the collection of tors and small crags on the skyline directly up the hillside across from the bridge, just to the right of the dry stone wall higher up the hill. To get there, take a deep breath and walk 50 yards up the tarmacked road on the other side of the bridge. Cut back left on the horizontal track between the 2 cloughs (streams) coming down the hillside, cross the small iron grille bridge. Just beyond this a path strikes directly up the hill, until it meets the dry stone wall which can be followed to the mid point of the boulders described. The first described problems are at Bramley's Cot, which can be reached by following the moor edge path left or north until it drops down to the ruined building nestled against the crag. Approx 30 minutes.
Duck Stones - Bramley's Cot
- Duck Stones left slab
- Duck Stones left
- Duck Stones right (proper)
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