SPOT THE BOULDER!

Some day this will be a suburban prow but for the moment it is reached along a grassy lane from an ancient hamlet. The ground falls away through untouched oak woodland down to the most serene valley in Kirklees. From the top of the rock, and in the opposite direction, the eye catches Castle Hill above Huddersfield where outposts, outlooks and fortifications have existed since ancient times. There is something old about this rock too; something timeless in its name and something about its position that the ancient people could not have ignored.

It's an obvious lookout for the modern kids too; a touch of graffiti, the undercut nose sooty from the campfires of their dens. But, on a bitter late January afternoon, the friction's good enough to overlook these small failings. There's proper grit crimps here (not those nasty sharp quarried items) and a small sideways pocket to stack the fingers in and lean away. A couple of smooth moves for better holds and then the top.

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Where is it?
Devil's Rock. Netherton Edge.