In reply to Bendb:
we climbed the day after the fire at Long Rock, we couldn't see any evidence of the fire but we walked in from Putsbrough sands as the footpath was apparently shut as far as the point itself. Given the number of people coming from that direction I don't think this was the case for long that day. I don't know if any of further south sections have burnt ground directly above the routes but looking at the logbooks the classic seem to have all had recent accents.