Fleswick Bay
Area Summary
The central bay come cove which separates the North and South headlands of St. Bees Head. This is also a great spot to swim, chill and relax when the weather becomes just too hot to climb.
Much of the original bouldering activity in the bay was concentrated on the base of the crag, to the rear of the shingle beach. This contains numerous good quality easier lines and the odd harder problem and project along its length. Unfortunately, the ledges and breaks along this section of cliff take a great deal of year-round seepage, which not only effects the problems, but is also hard to predict - often appearing, via a delayed reaction, seemingly days (and even weeks!) after the last wet weather. More recently, a small but excellent circuit of blocks on a small platform at the southern end of the beach have been documented. These offer some very good problems up to 7c/V9.
As yet there is no topo on this site featuring the boulder problems on the crag to the rear of the beach, however, there is a basic topo for the boulders situated at either end of the beach. The best blocks, at the southern end of the beach, have an approach which is affected by the tide - i.e. reaching or leaving the circuit is not possible when the tide is at its highest point.
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