Five volunteers turned up to Bickerton Hill (eventually having been delayed by traffic), met up with the warden and a similar sized group from Chester.We spent the day replacing "King posts" or "strainer posts" - the larger posts that actually hold the tension in a modern stock fence. These are were dug in by hand, with the holes being back filled with a mixture of ballast and the original soil. Concrete is not normally required and makes replacing posts in the future a real pain. Though one post was placed in concrete as its hole hit bedrock.
Unfortunately we ran out of time so the warden will have to return with another group to reattache the wire.
The day was a little damp and the sun never really appeared but waterproofs where not really needed.
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