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 Post and rail fence to be taken down
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 Removing nails from the rails that will be reused
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 Fenced enclosure opened up
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 Beautiful Wootton
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 Results of a hard day's labour
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 Introduction and safety talk.
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 Tawny owl nest box.
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 Hauling up a barn owl nest box.
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 Securing a barn owl nest box.
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 New post dug in.
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 A barn owl nest box ready for installation.
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 Repairing a section of post and rail fence.
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 New post and short section of stock netting.
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 Can you spot the new rails?
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 New rails and a new (recycled) gate post.
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 The OCV monkey strainers get their first outing for more than a year.
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 The sweet taste of victory when the stump of the broken gate post is finally extracted!
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 Rachel at work with a treepopper 'popping' hawthorn, complete with root systems, so no regrowth and no need for herbicide.
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 Tim and Ray levering out a well dug in gatepost
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 Part of today's task was to create bays in a dense thicket of scrub
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 The view across the Glyme to the meadows
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 Jubilee Fields & Long Meadow and a multiplicity of tasks
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 Replacing a sign #1
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 Replacing a sign #2
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 Replacing a sign #3
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 Replacing a sign #4
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 OCV Bird Nesting Box
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 Putting up a Bat Box #1
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 Putting up a Bat Box #2
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 Putting up a Bat Box #3
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 Putting up a Bat Box #4
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 Putting up a Bat Box #5
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 Clearing a log jam
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 Tea break
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 Clearing scrub to let light into the ride
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 Replacing gate post #1
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 Replacing gate post #2
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 Replacing gate post #3
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 Replacing gate post #4
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 Replacing gate post #5
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 Replacing gate post #6 - pulling hinge pins from old gate post
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 Replacing gate post #7
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 Reinforcing bridge deck #1
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 Reinforcing bridge deck #2
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 Reinforcing bridge deck #3
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 Reinforcing bridge deck #4
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 Reinforcing bridge deck #5
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 Reinforcing bridge deck #6
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 Moving a sleeper towards its new home as a footbridge
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 Footbridge under construction
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 Putting in uprights for a hand rail
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 Getting rid of an old post set in concrete
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 Fixing some wobbly steps
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 Local residents caught several crayfish in the river
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 A log blocks the river
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 Rope is attached and passed under the adjacent bridge
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 Four people begin hauling
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 Another enthusiastic tugger joins in
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 Eventually the log is landed. The river runs freely once more
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 Chris' expert fire building attracts some fans
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 Hot work
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 Preparing the ground for the steps
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 Step creation in progress
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 Good progress
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 Finished step with anti-slip mesh
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 Attaching the anti-slip mesh
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 Making sure the pins don't pose a trip hazard
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 Working upwards
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 Finishing touches
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 Approaching completion
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 A new landscape feature
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 Craig, our expert fire builder!
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 Our new OCV tree!
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 More fire...
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 Fence and gate construction
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 You don't wanna do it like that...
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 The finished fence, gate and stile from the outside
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 The finished fence, gate and stile from the inside
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 Mallard's nest on the Dorn
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 Bonfire "A" by the stream
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 Two-woman bow-saw
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 Bonfire "B" was even bigger
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 Teamwork is needed to load a large section of tree-trunk onto bonfire "B"
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 THIS is why we do it
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 How many OCVers does it take to build a stile?
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 A vision of a fence. Top dollar.
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