We left most of our cars in the main carpark and took one and the NT pickup loaded with equipment round to the Mottram Road quarry where there is only a small carpark. The job was to remove the old fencing and replace with cleft fencing next to the carpark.
The new fence posts and cleft rails were being made from trees cut down on the Alderley Edge estate and are untreated wood, which means they are better for the local flora and fauna and have a low carbon footprint.
As the logs are locally sourced they didn't come presplit or with rail holes so we had to split one of the logs to create a half post using wedges and hammers. Splitting the log by following the natural grain of the wood gave it a rustic look.
We also shaped the ends of the cleft rails using hand axes so that they would fit into the holes we had to cut in the posts.
It was satisfying taking local timber and creating a fence with (mostly) hand tools.
Jenny
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