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Boyes Quarry History
The quarry was visited by Steve Blake and Jeff Lamb in 1978 and 4 routes done. The record of these routes has been lost, but one was certainly Flight Training, and the others were almost certainly The Jupiter Collision and a couple of lines "up the walls on either side".
The routes as described here are the work of John McRoberts and Will Walker who cleaned and climbed them in 1994.

First Ascent List

1978TradFlight Training, E1 5cSteve Blake, Jeff Lamb
1978TradMental Block, E1 5aSteve Blake, Jeff Lamb
 May not have been the exact line described here, this was done by Will Walker and John McRoberts in 1994
1978TradThe Jupiter Collision, HVS 5aSteve Blake, Jeff Lamb
 May not have been the exact line described here, this was done by Will Walker and John McRoberts in 1994
1978TradBlagdon Panther, HVS 5aSteve Blake, Jeff Lamb
 May not have been the exact line described here, this was done by Will Walker and John McRoberts in 1994
1994TradSienna, HS 4aWill Walker, John McRoberts
1994TradTransition, S 4aWill Walker, John McRoberts
1994TradRecidivist, HVS 5aWill Walker, John McRoberts
1994TradOne Small Step, VS 4bWill Walker, John McRoberts
1994TradArrested Development, HVS 4cWill Walker, John McRoberts
1994TradNanny Felton, S Will Walker, John McRoberts