Mowing Word is one of those spots which can elude climbers year after year - many is the time I've heard folk say “must get that one done tomorrow/next week/this season”, only to reappear the following year with nothing bagged in the interim. Its long-standing history of being bird restricted has obviously added to this impression. Now that the main crag is free from any restriction, and Mowing Word can be climbed on all year round, it should see much more attention. Devote your energy to getting started on such west-facing beauties as the amazing Diedre Sud (HS), the multi-extravaganza Heart of Darkness (HVS), Snozwanger (E1), Flax of Dream (E2) and Chimes of Freedom (E2). And if that's not enough to drag you back time and time again … you should take a trip round onto the East Face and have a go at the terrible trio of steep crack climbs found there.