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 […]
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Work experience 15-05-2014
This week we were continuing work on a new footpath that was being cut through woodland to replace an old footpath that had collapsed into the river due to recent flooding. This had required some careful planing work and the line of the new footpath had to be agreed by planning agencies and local council. […]
Work experience 08-05-2014
Today we completed work on a fence being put in for a land owner and added a flood gate over the stream which the fence crosses. This job demonstrated the political nature of some requests on Exmoor National Park as the land owner is technically responsible for the fence, but as it is alongside a […]