Erecting a post-and-3-rail fence at Shearwater

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Tristan Alex and Lukas were at Shearwater at the end of September, erecting a post-and-3 rail fence along the newly constructed spillway,  a great job!

From WIKI: “Shearwater is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, just southwest of Warminster.  The lake is formed from a tributary of the River Wylye.

It is within the Longleat Estate and is one of five lakes of various sizes. Shearwater Lake, the largest, was created at the end of the 18th century and designed by the 3rd Duke of Bridgwater, Francis Egerton. It is fed by streams dammed by the then Marquis of Bath. The lake is surrounded by mature woodland and is popular with anglers, walkers (especially those with dogs), runners, and cyclists.

The café on Shearwater Lake was officially reopened by Lord Bath in July 2025, marking its transformation into Shearwater Cabin. The café has undergone refurbishment, alongside essential reservoir safety work”. 

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25m lime tree removal 

Posted on by Andy Payne

Alex and the team were in Box last week :

We were tasked by WCC to remove a 25m lime tree as it was impacting on the walls and local buildings.

As seen in the video, it was a really tricky job to lower all the limbs to avoid damaging anything on the way down.

All the timber and brash had to be carried by hand through the gravestones to the chipper, 200m away, as no access close by. Lime timber is not good for firewood, so off to biomass with the woodchip.

 A great job done by all, especially in this heat!

Transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once 

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Meet our new small but handy fencing trailer for transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once,  saving time and energy. There’s also room for tools and all the bits and bobs you need for fencing.  It is a one-off bespoke fencing trailer supplied by GA Trailers Ltd in N Ireland and we feature on their Facebook page here:

Drone footage of the solar farm project near Melksham

Posted on by Debbie Newman

This drone footage follows on from the earlier posts by Tristan and Toby, who have been fencing on the Solar Farm Project site in Melksham over the past few months.
We were tasked with erecting 13,000m of fencing around 16 separate compartments.

The site looks very different now – this footage taken just before the main construction works commences.

Click here to view one of our earlier posts and a video from last December for comparison.

Then we were unrolling Solonet deer wire/tensioner with Tornado 450 m rolls of deer netting – making life a little easier.

Team outing to Thruxton Karting in June

Posted on by Debbie Newman

This was our work’s go-kart racing outing for the morning at Thruxton last month. It turns out that being small and light is a distinct advantage!  It was great fun and much harder work than it looks. We now all appreciate far more the skill and stamina of F1 drivers !!
And, we weren’t even sure this was any cooler than working in the heat at the moment. However, it was great fun chasing around Thruxton Karting Centre.
Well done to Dale, who won the final by 11 seconds.

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