Three intrepid
volunteers made the trip to the estate office in Marsden to meet with the
ranger Julia. Julia you may remember as the ranger at Hare Hill who after
taking a break from the Trust to go travelling has made a welcome return to the
National Trust.
After a short drive to the work site, a lay-by on a road in the middle of the moor, we unloaded the trailer and started digging the first of the two foot deep holes to take the posts for the fence we were about to build. The fence, a three foot construction consisting of four inch by five inch posts with a v cut into the top to take the four by four inch rails, was concreted in place. The rails are held in place with galvanised steel brackets that looped over the rails and were then fixed to the posts with four inch coach bolts. Unfortunately the digging was quite difficult with plenty of large stones to be prised out of ground but we still managed to excavate five holes and construct about twenty five feet of fencing.
The weather was fantastic with bright sunshine and just enough of a breeze to stop use from overheating. Lunch was taken on the grassy hillside adjacent to the lay-by with spectacular views over a nearby reservoir and the moor beyond. At the end of the day we decamped to a local watering hole in Marsden for a quick libation before making our way home.
Tim
After a short drive to the work site, a lay-by on a road in the middle of the moor, we unloaded the trailer and started digging the first of the two foot deep holes to take the posts for the fence we were about to build. The fence, a three foot construction consisting of four inch by five inch posts with a v cut into the top to take the four by four inch rails, was concreted in place. The rails are held in place with galvanised steel brackets that looped over the rails and were then fixed to the posts with four inch coach bolts. Unfortunately the digging was quite difficult with plenty of large stones to be prised out of ground but we still managed to excavate five holes and construct about twenty five feet of fencing.
The weather was fantastic with bright sunshine and just enough of a breeze to stop use from overheating. Lunch was taken on the grassy hillside adjacent to the lay-by with spectacular views over a nearby reservoir and the moor beyond. At the end of the day we decamped to a local watering hole in Marsden for a quick libation before making our way home.
Tim
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