Today a team of 7 volunteers attended the area where the 2nd gate is to be sited as part of the new footpath route between Snarestone & Measham. Work was started on the gate installation itself and also some clearance work around the area of both overgrowth and litter.

We made good progress despite some very difficult to dig root riddled earth that slowed us down considerably when digging the post holes. Later we were then forced to a full stop due to not having a suitably sized drill bit of sufficient length to go through the rather large wooden posts. When we installed the last gate the fixings were of a different design that only required screwing the hinge pins to the outside of the wooden post whereas this new design requires them to be mounted through the post.

We shall return at the first available opportunity (with the correct drill bit) and get this task completed. Look out for the update when we do!