Local News: Back Bowden - A Breath of Fresh Air

Martin Kocsis

5th August, 2008

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The Northumberland Mountaineering Club have arranged to have the trees at one end of this iconic crag felled.

The work will take place on the 'Dark Side' of Back Bowden Doors (Cockenheugh) over the weekend of the 16th August, barring any complications. Access beyond the fence below On the Rocks will be restricted during the work. Local climbers will be aware how much the trees have encroached up to this end of the crag with some trees towering right over the top of The Dark Side. It is intended to cut the trees right back from the crag to allow the light to reach this excellent wall and hopefully the routes will become popular again.

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JDal

5 Aug, 2008

Ah! Someone else knows about Cockenheugh, which is a Dovehole like collection of big sandy pinnacles about a miles lash through the woods north of BBD. It'll be nice to get the sun back there after all these years, not that I can do any of the bloody routes.

Colin Matheson

5 Aug, 2008

Main crag not the pinnacles I think John

Andy Moles

5 Aug, 2008

Awesome, that's great news! Greenness be gone...

JDal

5 Aug, 2008

<nerd> Cockenheugh is the crag consisting largely of pinnacles, near Cuthberts Cave (GR NU 061347). Colour Heugh is the crag consisting largely of undergraded VDiffs and stupid extremes, near which some trees are to be felled (NU 065336). </nerd> But you knew that didn't you, you being an orienteer of some renown ;-)

Dave Turnbull, BMC

6 Aug, 2008

Just to say many thanks to the NMC for arranging this. The BMC has been happy to agree financial support for this project.

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