Wem Parish Paths Partnership, Installing a Field Gate in Newtown, 17 June 2024

The volunteers went in Newtown to replace a stile with a field gate. This was the last stile on this section, now making the route all gates and as a result much easier to walk.
It was a tough dig but we knew it would be challenging before we even started. Digging two-foot-deep holes near trees inevitably means contending with roots.
The old stile proved harder to remove than expected, but once it was gone, we could start digging the holes for the new gate.
We set about some serious hole digging. Several hours later, the gate was ready to simply slide into place 🤣.
Almost five hours of work, but it was worth it!