11th October 2025
It was fence building day, finally a project two years in the planning now in progress.
I had decided to use metal spikes that I have to hammer three foot into the ground rather than concrete, mainly because of the roots in the area.
I had decided to aim for three panel installations, I thought that should be achievable.
I had to cut the posts in half first, then came the difficult bit, banging in the posts where I wanted them. Sounds simple but they seemed to go where they damn well wanted to.
The first panel went up, it matched the height of the existing fence, but in order to do that I had to dig a trench to allow the new panel to sit correctly. The second panel wasn’t so easy, there were roots under the surface that interfered with the panel, so they had to be cut out. This fitting took ages, I did assume the panels would be square, but I had real difficulty in getting it level and abut with the fitted panel. I was farting about with it for ages, well until Kelli called me in for dinner.
There the result for an afternoon’s work was one panel fitted, and another panel clamped into position, mm I don’t think I’m quite cutout to erect fences.
Another Lifetime to go 