Not all big machines, Josh is dismantling a conifer tree in a rear garden near Devizes.
Author: Debbie Newman
Runway clearing at Lee on Solent Airport
Nice day on the South Coast towards the end of September to carry out weed control at Lee on Solent Airport.
No Spitfires this time; however, the helicopters created enough of a breeze!
Check out our previous visit (with Spitfire) back in April
Erecting a post-and-3-rail fence at Shearwater
Tristan Alex and Lukas were at Shearwater at the end of September, erecting a post-and-3 rail fence along the newly constructed spillway, a great job!
From WIKI: “Shearwater is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, just southwest of Warminster. The lake is formed from a tributary of the River Wylye.
It is within the Longleat Estate and is one of five lakes of various sizes. Shearwater Lake, the largest, was created at the end of the 18th century and designed by the 3rd Duke of Bridgwater, Francis Egerton. It is fed by streams dammed by the then Marquis of Bath. The lake is surrounded by mature woodland and is popular with anglers, walkers (especially those with dogs), runners, and cyclists.
The café on Shearwater Lake was officially reopened by Lord Bath in July 2025, marking its transformation into Shearwater Cabin. The café has undergone refurbishment, alongside essential reservoir safety work”.
Dangerous ash trees
Mark sorting some more dangerous ash trees along public rights of way in Wiltshire
For details of our tree services, please see here.
Spraying brambles under solar panels
Charlie was making the best of the weather last week , spraying brambles under Solar panels on a site near Swindon
08 September 2025
30 new tree guards
30 new tree guards were erected in Longleat Estate Parkland to protect the trees from grazing cattle.
Tristan and George doing an excellent job.
02 September 2025
Transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once
Meet our new small but handy fencing trailer for transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once, saving time and energy. There’s also room for tools and all the bits and bobs you need for fencing. It is a one-off bespoke fencing trailer supplied by GA Trailers Ltd in N Ireland and we feature on their Facebook page here:
Drone footage of the solar farm project near Melksham
This drone footage follows on from the earlier posts by Tristan and Toby, who have been fencing on the Solar Farm Project site in Melksham over the past few months.
We were tasked with erecting 13,000m of fencing around 16 separate compartments.
The site looks very different now – this footage taken just before the main construction works commences.
Click here to view one of our earlier posts and a video from last December for comparison.
Then we were unrolling Solonet deer wire/tensioner with Tornado 450 m rolls of deer netting – making life a little easier.
Team outing to Thruxton Karting in June
This was our work’s go-kart racing outing for the morning at Thruxton last month. It turns out that being small and light is a distinct advantage! It was great fun and much harder work than it looks. We now all appreciate far more the skill and stamina of F1 drivers !!
And, we weren’t even sure this was any cooler than working in the heat at the moment. However, it was great fun chasing around Thruxton Karting Centre.
Well done to Dale, who won the final by 11 seconds.
Another 800m stock netting fencing completed today
We completed a further 800m of stock netting fencing, along with gates, just outside Devizes along the famous Wansdyke in Wiltshire to protect it from damage by cattle.
Well done Toby, Ian, George and Brian
“This 5th or 6th Century defensive ditch and bank runs from Morgan’s Hill near Bishops Canning to Savernake Forest near Marlborough.
Named Woden’s Dyke after the Saxon god, Woden, the Wansdyke was constructed at a time when history was not often written down and there is little archaeological evidence to add clues. It was most likely made by the Britons as a defensive earthwork to keep out the Saxons invading from the North. Up on the Marlborough Downs some of the impressive two-metre high banks remain in place to this day.”
For more information on The Wansdyke Path, check out the link from the North Wessex Downs here.
You can check out all the different fencing services we offer here.
