Rick gets the first pose in

But Colin is not to be outdone!

And of course others actually do the main work. Here Gus is tamping in around the bottom of the stile.

The larger team is meanwhile working on a stile and plank bridge nearby

Eric beds in one end of the plank

Rick watches Dave digging holes for the stile and James checks he hasn't steppped in a cow pat

Finishing off. Another job done

And this next one was much easier

The next set of photos are along Mells Stream near the Packsaddle Bridge in Holcombe.

This was the first stile we replaced with a kissing gate

And this was the second

The second location again from the other side

King post done on the second kissing gate

Dave, Bryn and Ken on the final stages of the first kissing gate

Bob, Gus and ? on the third kissing gate. The uneven ground caused problems but it would seem that there is currently as much space to squeeze UNDER the gate as around it!

This has to be the worst part of kissing gate construction -- shaping the ends of all 8 side struts.

Job done. Bob came over to help Rick, Colin and me finish off

We were so pleased with the job that I took another photo looking from the other direction!