Bowderstone Guide Updated

In line with the numerous recent guide updates, I have given the Bowderstone guide a bit of a makeover. As with all the modern LB guides it now has the split Font/V grading system, as well as a few grade tweaks and a new cover....

Bowderstone Aug-2010 Update (PDF 4.81mb)

Updated Guides

The following guides have been updated:

Gillercombe & Sour Milk Ghyll (Major)
St. Bees Head - South (Minor)
Sampson's Stones (Minor)
Trowbarrow Quarry (Major)

Most Popular Crags List

Ok so we all love a good list; so here is a list of the most popular crags (in terms of number of guides downloaded) in the LakesBloc region so far this year...

1. Woodell
2. Kentmere
3. Limestone Link (Farleton, Hutton Roof, Dalton)
4. Carrock Fell
5. St. Bees South
6. Bowderstone
7. St Bees North
8. Windy Clough
9. Trowbarrow Quarry
10. Thorn Crag
11. Langdale Boulders
12. Fairy Steps
13. Old Buoys Circuit (St. Bees)
14. Warton Crag
15. Rakerigg
16. Gillercombe
17. Thirlmere
18. Armathwaite
    
19. Sampson's Stones
20. Fleswick Boulders (St. Bees)
21. Shucks Lair (Fairy Steps)
22. Cringlebarrow
23. Settle Earth Boulders (Longsleddale)
24. Blake Rigg Boulders
25. Red Wall Eliminates (Trowbarrow)
26. Lad Stones
27. Langstrath
28. Honister Pass
29. Heysham Head
30. Duddon Valley Boulders
    
31. Eskdale Granite
32. Cam Crag
33. Hyning Wood
34. High Rock (Honister Pass)
35. Black Crag
36. Gouther Crag
37. Long Crag
38. Rolling Rock (Patterdale)
39. Virtual Crag
40. Stirrup Stones
41. Clough Pike
42. Heron Stones

Not sure if there's much, if anything, to learn from that, but one thing I do know: with Sampson's Stones ranking in the top 5 LakesBloc venues, in terms of quality, more people should be making the effort to get up there!