In reply to CathS:
Hi Cath. If you and your party are happy enjoying the other activities Lundy has to offer then that's fine of course. I hope you have a great trip!
When I've gone to Lundy, and stayed in the Barn, it's always been as part of a mountaineering club trip. Just from the name on the booking it would have been obvious that we were going primarily for the climbing. Although we did do some other activities on wet days, I would not have gone if climbing wasn't an option, and would have been highly annoyed to find that almost all climbing was banned at such short notice before our trip, when we had booked expecting a good selection of cliffs to be open..
Most accommodation T's and C's relate to commercial organisations. As far as I'm aware, the Landmark Trust and the other organisations with responsibility for Lundy are charities, and one might expect a high standard of customer care (which, to be fair, in my experience of Lundy, we have usually found to be the case).
If Lundy expected a financial hit from the decision they have made, they might have been a bit more careful not to act at short notice in the way they have. I'm not saying that the birds shouldn't have priority at their key sites during their nesting season, but a clear notice in the Landmark Trust's booking information that bookings are made on the understanding that any or all climbing cliffs might be subject to bans up to (say) mid August, would be a fair warning.
I very much hope that ongoing negotiations lead to a more satisfactory outcome in future years. Lundy climbing is too exceptional to lose, and we should all, of course, be grateful to the Landmark Trust, and the other organisations responsible for Lundy, for the work they do maintaining public access to this special place.
Martin