Today we were modifying dog gates and replacing signs. The first job was to modify a dog gate to allow larger dogs through. Dog gates are a sliding piece of timber held in place next to stiles, the sliding timber can be raised to allow dogs to pass through the gap, the timber then falls […]
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Work experience 03-02-2015
This week we were out repairing and replacing signs. On North Hill near Minehead there are two signs that have been broken by livestock rubbing against them. We are taking signs out that are thicker than normal in an effort to prevent this happening again. We loaded the signs into the Land Rover and set […]
Work experience 20-01-2015
Today we were out replacing gates all round Exmoor, before we set off we loaded up the Land Rover with all the tools and gate furniture we might need, making sure we had spares of everything. Straps (top and bottom), bolts, large fencing staples (long and short), hanging pins (drive-in and threaded) and all the […]
Work experience 14-10-2014
Today we set out with several maintenance jobs to do, re-locating signs, repairing a stile, repairing a dog gate and putting up new signs. The first job was repairing the dog gate, the old rails had rotted through and needed to be replaced, but the original gate furniture was still in good order so we […]