| Home:UKWCT Beenham March 26th 2005 - Fencing: | UKWCT Beenham March 26th 2005 - Fencing |
Easter Bank Holiday Saturday and not a day that I was planning on being at the Farm, but there was a call to arms to get some new fencing done and I need some exercise - too much napping and food over the winter has definitely helped me put on a few pounds.
Easter Friday had been a scorcher - spent most of it for bunnies - but shorts and t-shirts were a must, as was a nice short haircut. However, when I arrived at the Farm it was not particularly warm, but armed with shorts and a few layers of t-shirts I was set to go - unfortunately the rest of the 'chain-link gang' had not yet arrived. Unfortunately we lost a couple of people due to ill health, but John made up for it by getting some people who were going on the walk to help.
This gave us a while to plan out what has already been done and what needed to be done.
Brian and I walked down to the bottom of the farm ahead of everyone else arriving to get a few tips from the fencing master who had just arrived.
Fortunately, thought and planning had gone into the day and the majority of the posts were already in place, so there was only a couple of things to do
- Put the tension wires on the fence (top, middle and bottom)
- Hang the chain link fence
Simple, eh!
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| Sounds simple, but a long way to go. | Drop of wire at strategic points. | |||
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| Kodiak, bemused. 'I already have a fence!' |
Some of the 'chain-link gang' |
The start | Measuring the tension wire placing | |
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| Attaching the tension wire - first loosely, then tensioned, then nailed in tight. | ||||
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| Once you put up the chain-link you then have to pull it taught and nail it in to the post hard. | ||||
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| It's a start... | Making good progress | |||
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| Heave... | Ho... | Walkers, come to encourage | ||
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| Sun going down... | and almost gone... | |||
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| Anyone else notice it go dark??? | So near and yet, so far!!! About 3 meters short of the end. | |||
There was one question that kept arising throughout the afternoon as people came off the walk to give encouragement.
The questions was - 'What is it for?' - the answer, two fold, both safety focused;