Logged Visits:

4th Sep 2024  12:30  by Laggan Boy

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked at Hartside and made our way to trig via Shill Moor and Cushat Law before returning to start via The Cantiles. Perfect walking conditions with little breeze and either sunny or overcast conditions only spoilt by slightly boggy conditions underfoot for large parts. Decent views in all directions from trig.

Bloodybush Edge

23rd Mar 2024  10:40  by NormanW

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

From Clennel via various hills and Yarnspath Law. On to Cushat Law, but descent into forest was very tricky due to extensive windthrow. 26k in total.

22nd Mar 2024  12:38  by paulxtr

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

Revisit. From Alwinton via Clennel Street and Yarnspath Law. Thankfully the paths were not too boggy. Beautiful day but very blowy, with excellent visibility therefore a great view. Continued on to Wether Cairn via Cushat Law.

Bloodybush Edge Looking towards Windy Gyle ©paulxtr

14th Feb 2024  12:17  by S1534&Beyond

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

A misty day and was surprised at the amount of snow at the summit. A 14 mile return walk from Alwinton. Have found another useful resource called https://northumberlandtrigs.com/ and followed the longer version route created by Simon Hawkins. The GPX observes PROW's but the path just beyond NT 89306 11976 was almost impassable to the left in the woods so took the lorry track instead on the edge of the access land. Whilst having a rest at the trig spoke to two other people who arrived. I think they were also trig baggers but as the first people to see at a summit in a very long time I forget to ask if they log here! Spider missing.

The trig ©S1534&Beyond

11th Nov 2022  14:30  by Reynard

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked just beyond Barrowburn, walked up to Uswayford, followed the fence line up to a gate, then another fence to the trig. Freshly painted and smart looking. A bit rough underfoot, and quite wet. Extremely windy today, hard to hold still to take a photo. Nice views over to Cheviot

Bloodybush Edge

25th Aug 2022  18:35  by Geordie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

23rd Jun 2022  12:37  by Walker Dan

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Walked up from Barrowburn via Fairhaugh and Yarnspath Law with a minor diversion over Kyloe Shin. All dry today and could have done in trainers. Didn't see anyone all day despite the warm sunshine. Great views in all directions and worth the effort to get here. A bit rough in places over Yarnspath Law but found a better path on the way back close to the fence. 10.5 miles all together. Trig nicely painted.

Bloody Bush Edge ©Walker Dan

6th Jun 2022  12:00  by Dubvine

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

4th Jun 2022  00:00  by Axe Edge

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

No blood, no bush and no edge, but it is a Nuttall and one of my last 4 in England/Wales to visit. Spending a few days in Northumbria.....met nobody on the hills despite 4 days holidays. I gift to the Queen whose stuck at her job for 70 years. Remarkable.

3rd Jun 2022  10:00  by Dan Baddeley

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

27th May 2022  15:20  by matty1971b

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

Parked near Barrowburn. North via Uswayford then east to the summit. Tough going at times as it was wet underfoot

16th Jan 2022  00:00  by northernphilby

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

4th Sep 2021  13:30  by Bill Milbourne

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Logged while doing the Cheviot Challenge. Walked from Alwinton via Shillhope Law and Windy Gyle. Poor visibility with low cloud. No discernible pat to summit

24th Aug 2021  00:00  by steverowland

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

17th Jul 2021  14:45  by NJM

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

My third visit, different route - Wedder Leap to Uswayford then along the fence lines to the TP, back along fence lines and over Yarnspath Law. In the company of Simon Rushton. A stunning day, not only very hot and sunny but also with amazing air clarity - the views today were outstanding.

View East Storm's OS Pillar #221
View South West Simon doing what Simon does on every pillar we bag together.
View South

24th Oct 2020  14:16  by Oldhortus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Parked at Barrowburn walked the gravel road to Uswayford straight up the hill from there. A real feeling of remoteness at this trig.

1st Aug 2020  14:13  by agentmancuso

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

From Wether Cairn via Cushat Law, , probably about as dry as it gets after a couple of hot days, on to Shill Moor via Lint Lands.

26th Jan 2020  14:19  by Robert Phillips

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

8th Nov 2019  13:10  by jonglew

Gridref: NT 90225 14349   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

From cattle grid to ESE (NT 9640 1266) on a round of hills and trigs. Pillar has a severe horizontal fracture on the LHS, unsure how far it extends due to a covering of snow. Centre tube has no cap and is unplugged; LHS sight hole open. Cloud down, no views.

Pillar TP1502©jonglew
Spider TP1502©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP1502©jonglew

15th Apr 2019  13:55  by MrHappy

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

15th Apr 2019  12:33  by dlauckner

Gridref: NT 90204 14336   FB Number: S6085  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

9th Mar 2019  11:58  by painterman61

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

Long walk in from Weeder leap car park paths quite boggy today freezing cold wind.Spectacular 360 degree views especially to the partially covered Cheviot mountain trig in vgc painted white.Walked on to Cushat Law My penultimate Hewitt English mountain top number 179.

trig ©painterman61
trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61
Cushat Law ©painterman61

2nd Oct 2018  11:30  by Borderer

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

From Cocklawfoot along Clennell Street over the border ridge down to Uswayford then on to the pillar, returned via Yarnspath Law. A bit blowy but blue skies, dry ground and decent paths all the way. The pillar still looking good in it's new coat.

©Borderer

16th Jun 2018  12:18  by nichex

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bracket and fresh coat of paint Taken whilst passing during Alwinton 3 tops Fell race. Didn’t notice if the damage had been repaired (I’ll check during race next year!)

28th Apr 2017  00:00  by beckroad

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 10/10

Parked near Barrowburn. North via Uswayford then east to the summit. 1st of 3 trigs today. Blue sky, dry underfoot and plenty of time to absorb this lovely area of the Cheviots with its rolling hills and patchwork plantations.This trig still has a hearty splash of white paint on all sides. Crack exists on top section .Lots of abandoned fence posts nearby.

Bloodybush Edge Making use of the abandoned fence posts.©beckroad

17th Dec 2016  00:00  by Ronaldo333

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

22nd Sep 2016  11:45  by paulxtr

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

Parked in the Wedder Leap car park and followed the track via Middle Hill to Uswayford. Then up the bridleway and finally along the fenceline. Tremendous view of the border ridge. Cross Fell and the North Pennines were visible. Misses out on a 10/10 because the untidy fences spoil the ambience somewhat.

Bloodybush Edge ©paulxtr

8th Jul 2016  12:00  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Parked at Hartside (Ingram Valley) where there is space for 5 or 6 cars now.

3rd Jul 2016  00:00  by carolje

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

10th Jun 2016  11:34  by bazz69

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

27th May 2016  15:41  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: NT 90223 14344   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Suffers from same complaint as nearby Linbrig trig, though not as bad: cracked all the way round in top third.

Bloodybush Edge View of trig.
Bloodybush Edge The FB.
Bloodybush Edge Top of trig, no cap and crack.

17th May 2016  12:22  by Boz North

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 10/10

5th Mar 2016  16:12  by Nick&Rosie

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

*27/08/16 Redid the walk below, adding Hogdon Law for good measure. Views today were STUNNING, perfect air clarity. Accompanied by Andy Withers, new to Trig-Bagging. Have re-scored this hill now we know what can be seen! **05/03/16 A fairly grim day of weather, we added Wether Cairn as a short diversion onto a 6 hour hike that took in Cushat Law and Bloody Bush Edge and back along Salters Road through the top end of the Breamish Valley. All in clag (and snow, and hail, etc) so the views from the Cairn as yet unknown! A re-visit required on a clear day!

Nothing to see here... 05/03/16 - almost white-out conditions...
View South West 29/08/16 - Same shot as before, different view!
View North West 27/08/16
View North East 29/08/16 With Andy & Rosie
View South East 29/08/16

14th Oct 2015  14:15  by Boz North

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

29th Sep 2015  11:05  by dugswell2

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Bagged with Dusty then returned over four TUMPs.

29th Sep 2015  11:05  by Dusty

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

With dugswell2

dugswell2 & pillar
Spider
Flush Bracket

26th Sep 2015  22:00  by stignest

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

cracking trig : cracking view Bloodybush edge.. I think the bloody bush ought to be bloody heather.. though the route onwards to Cushat law was nowhere near as bad as the traverse of Comb fell

26th Sep 2015  14:09  by stignest

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

feels a long way from windy gyle but only 2hrs. the track theough forest is clear. a bit wet following the fence up through peat and heather. trig is missing cap and has a crack all the way around some 9" from top with moss growing in it. view is simply sensational. oh, & its unbelievably quiet.

24th Aug 2014  15:00  by sheepsocks

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Excellent views to Lakes, Cross Fell and the coast. But it's a dull wet hill. We did a 20km round from Upper Coquetdale via Kings Seat and Uswayford, then back via Uswayford to the car.

18th Apr 2014  11:32  by CJO

Gridref: NT 90219 14344   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

cap missing. blue skys. hills deserted

Bloodybush Edge

23rd Mar 2014  11:00  by ger

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

10th Dec 2013  14:07  by staggie34

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Another wander round the usual circuit, this time on a very windy day. The route from here involved a lot of hopping from one side of the fence to the other as the path had been destroyed by motorbikes.

12th Oct 2012  13:58  by stan toon

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Alwinton round...15.2 mile in very strong winds making the going so much harder.

©stan toon

26th Jun 2012  13:10  by Chalky

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Cracked 1 ft from top. Spider centre open. From Breamish valley as part of a 24 mile circuit. Previously visited this Hewitt 06/10/05 no trig details noted.

20th May 2012  14:52  by mntainman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

14th Apr 2012  00:00  by ngthack

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

7th Jul 2011  12:30  by Marshsand

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked close to Uswayford farm and then accessed the wide track through the forest before the final wet ascent of the summit (my 250th English 2000 foot-er). Continued across to Cushat Law (my 251st) before descending the north-easterly ridge back to the main track and then making the long walk back to Uswayford (further than we had imagined). A hard day, but only 2 x 2000 ft mountains in England left to visit, one of which I will never ascend (Pillar Rock).

©Marshsand

30th Jun 2011  10:48  by staggie34

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Annual visit on the round from Alwinton vi here, Cushat Law and Wether Cairn. Fine, breezy day with the odd shower and great views. Paint still flaking off the trig. Shivering Stone still a great viewpoint.

Shivering Stone View to South
Profile of Shivering Stone

22nd Aug 2009  14:54  by peebs

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

©peebs

16th Jul 2009  13:00  by staggie34

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Same route as last time without the extra visit to Linbrigg trig. I remember back in 2005 that this trig was newly painted, well that paint is beginning to flake now!

13th Jun 2009  14:50  by alistairpooler

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

12th Oct 2008  12:40  by Father Ted

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked over from Windy Gyle on the Nutalls route which was OK till the farm then hard work from there. After visiting this trig went out and back to Cushat Law which was very hard work through the bog especially hving fallen and cracked a rib yesterday trigpointing.

15th May 2008  13:00  by staggie34

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Repeat of 2006 route. Did the Alwinton Horseshoe anti-clockwise and onto Linbrigg trig after this. Weather hit and miss but ground was dry.

3rd May 2008  13:03  by coinea

Gridref: NT 90222 14340   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

S8065 Bloodybush Edge.m

3rd May 2008  12:50  by clochandighter

Gridref: NT 90223 14343   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 29th June 1954 costing £66.7s.6d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NT72/T11 during 1957. Levelled for height to Class 2 precision in 1958. Last maintained by the OS in September 1978. SITE VISIT: Overall approach from WSW. Parking for approximately eight cars at NT859114. Followed tracks to Uswayford, across footbridge north of farm, and up! Pillar in fair condition, still painted white. Spider centre open. Flush bracket faces north, compass measurement 9°. Vented through left (east) sight hole. GPS reading is genuine! Views to Windy Gyle, Kings Seat, Cheviot, Hedgehope Hill, Shill Moor, Shillhope Law, Thirl Moor.

S8065 - Bloodybush Edge pillar & FB

23rd Sep 2007  13:48  by amblerbob

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

From Alwinton via Cushat Law on a wet and windy day.

9th Jun 2007  13:00  by staggie34

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Alwinton Round 2007

28th Apr 2007  15:00  by wrose

Gridref: NT 90223 14349   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

An after the event entry. Visit made before my finding this site.

28th Apr 2007  00:00  by caroleengel

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

21st Sep 2006  12:30  by staggie34

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

51 weeks since my last visit and this time in far better weather. I didn't realise how good the views were from here. You could see all the Cheviot tops, Simonside and north into Scotland. Trig in very good condition with new paintjob still prominent. The Shivering Stone on the south slope of the hill is a great place to stop by the way as the ground surrounding the trig can be a bit wet.

20th Aug 2006  13:50  by asbown

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

very wet in area of trig, good views in all directions.

dinner time, still 3 more hills to go.

3rd Aug 2006  00:00  by yt

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

28th Sep 2005  13:07  by staggie34

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Flat summit and quite bleak. TP surrounded by damp ground.

14th May 2005  17:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Newly painted white. No cap or plug. Horizontal crack around trig near top, guess it will someday go the way of S8058. At fence jct, heathery summit, good view. 1st visited 03/01/1998. Revisited to bag the trig, as part of an intricate (and as it turned out, 20 mile) 400m top bagging route from the SW.

S8065 fb ©peregrinus
S8065 top ©peregrinus
S8065 trig ©peregrinus
S8065 trig ©peregrinus

31st Mar 2005  15:35  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Above date is of most recent visit of three. First visit on 04/08/1981. Summit is at junction of three fences. Trig newly painted 31.03.'05. Visited during round of The Cheviot and Windy Gyle

27th Nov 2004  13:15  by Andy West

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

23rd Aug 2003  00:00  by IWC

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

1st Sep 2002  12:15  by sleepwalker

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Visited during a long and hot day on the Cheviot hills.

15th Jan 2001  14:00  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Up from Alwinton, via Cushat Law. Long walk through the forest, then moorland. Seemed to take forever returning along Clennell Street in the dark.

13th Dec 1999  14:32  by fasgadh

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Rough going, typical southern Upland fence junction summit. Weird doing these sort of hills in England.

21st Feb 1998  00:00  by DeniseMc

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

3rd Jan 1998  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

No details noted - dull boggy heather

30th Jun 1997  13:06  by gowrie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

24th Jun 1997  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Painted white, plug missing.

20th Aug 1996  10:23  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

historic log

20th Aug 1994  16:33  by andyc

FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Visited from whiteburnshank as a break from painting. We nipped up in shorts and t shirts and met a group in full winter gear on top of hill huddled round stove having a brew.

27th Jul 1992  00:00  by Walking with Gerald

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

27th May 1989  18:00  by arranc

Gridref: NT 90200 14300   FB Number: S8065  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

followed fence to top. No sign of "edge" - rounded dome. solitary grouse.