No photographs today - unless someone else emails some to me - as I forgot my camera.
Five volunteers turned out to work near the car park at Quarry Bank Mill (Styal), contributing to the setting up of a "camp building area.
There was a certain amound of material (fallen / cut branches and dead leaves) to be burnt and a certain amount of fencing to be done.
A previous group had put in most of the posts for two fences, most of the way in, and more or less in line with each other. We drove ones that were a little high in further till they were at the right level - adjusting their angles where this was possible, We added "dead-men" to the king posts and some braces...
the king posts are the bigger posts that hold the tension in the wire fence.
the deadmen are small pieces of timber nailed onto the post underground
they stop the post rotating - which would let the tension off the wires.
the braced are diagonal timbers that stop the wires from pulling the king post over.
We also put the wire on one section of fence.
The day was supprisingly warm and though a little damp the main rain held off until after 3pm.
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