‘She is looking worse for wear’: visitors take a toll on the Lady of the North

Sightseers at Charles Jencks's giant sculpture Northumberlandia are being asked to stick to its paths

Even with a broken ankle, eight-year-old Jack Bell can't resist barrelling up the steep incline of the naked goddess's left breast.

Neither can his two friends, and the person in charge, Jack's mother, Laura Bell, admits this is a regular occurrence and, with a child's natural urge to climb, there's not much she can do about it.