Fruehauf

You may have noticed the article in today's paper about the council purchasing the trunk yard in front of Fruehauf:

This is undoubtably good news for climbing there, and the council is fully supportive of climbing at Fruehauf, and improving the environment and amenity of the cliff. Members of the CCT went to the event on Friday morning, and we were very pleased with how keen the council is to help us. Tony and Doug were getting the aldermen all excited about flood lighting and a boulder park - what happens in reality is another question

However on the down side, after taking possession of the land the council has been advised that they need to restrict public access to the trunk yard until it has been environmentally remediated, as it contains public hazards (broken glass, toxins etc). Based on this advice, the council has fixed up the fence in order to keep the general public (particularly kids) out. This will be up until the first phase of the remediation is done (probably Autumn - they cant put grass down in summer as it doesnt take). Once the basic stuff is done the council will be looking to work with climbers to plan further works eg track building, weed removal etc. 

The council stressed to the members of the CCT when we met on Friday that the cliff itself is not closed, they just need to keep the general public out of the truck yard for liability reasons. 

The CCT asks that you respect the HCCs request of not going through the trunk yard. There are a couple of alternatives for accessing the cliff in the meantime. Probably the best and most legal way is to walk down the rivulet track past the truck yard and scramble up the bank and then up and left to the right hand end of the cliff. There is a bit of gorse and blackberry yet to be removed this way, but would only take a few minutes with some clippers.

If you have any concerns Stu Scott is the CCT access officer for cliffs on HCC land.