Today, now we have the real thing in-situ, was spent planning how to connect it to the surrounding railings.
I popped down to GoldPine and bought posts and railings until the trailer sagged under the weight. On the way back I photographed each of the four entrances with cattle-stops – all very old.
The main complication for me is that the side railings are angled so that vehicles wider than 3.4 metres can get through as long as at wheel level they can fit through. At the top of the railings, about 900mm up from the pipes, it’ll be 4 metres wide if everything works out. The side railings will be 3 metres long so that the actual cattle-stop at 2.4 metres long nestles inside the railings. I expect to have a small pedestrian gate on either side so that Bridget and her daughters can get their bicycles through comfortably, for example.
Karola helped unload the wood and cut up the side railings; the 4.8 metre long planks are unwieldy without help.
Timber For Sidings Cut And Ready
Four Cattle-Stops On Ormond Road
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