Peak District Gritstone Book Review
Well, a bout of appendicitis has meant taking up reading for a few weeks and also curtailed the climbing for the same period, so it was great timing that Vertebrate Publishing sent me a copy of their new guide to Peak District Gritstone. Graham Hoey has written a new guidebook that is just as much designed to be read at home (or hospital ward) for inspiration as it is a proper guidebook to use at the crag; full of interesting notes and tales, and photos to make your palms sweat. It’s selective but comprehensive, in that every gritstone outcrop worth visiting is included, from the obvious Stanage, Roaches, Black Rocks etc. to remote Kinder edges and urban quarries. Past selective guides to the peak have often been sparse on routes per venue, but Peak District Gritstone has over 2200 routes covering, as the name suggests, both East and West regions which are often given separate guides. So as a full coverage guide to the strangeness that is gritstone climbing through all the grades (mod