Jack's post (Repairing & replacing walls and gates.)

I’m Jack one of the National Trust Estate Rangers who works with Roy. I’ve been working for the National Trust down Borrowdale for five years now. I love the job because I love working outdoors and the job is varied.   

Last week the Ranger ops team carried out a project up at Watendlath. The project involved taking down a small section of wall and then rebuilding a quoin end.
                                              

                                    Before (Picture by Jack Deane)

The start of the quoin end (Jack Deane)

       Jack and Dan rebuilding quoin end (Picture by Paul Delaney) 

The stone left over from taking the wall down was used to extend a drain by building a stone culvert. The project also involved replacing two eight foot gates with two ten foot gates. Either side of the gates was then railed up to make it stock proof.

New gates in place  (Jack Deane)









Luckily the weather was on our side with the sun shining and blue skies. The reason for this project to be carried out was to make the gate way bigger for easier access. Also to make the field more stock proof for one of our farm tenants.  

The end product (Jack Deane)