This past weekend it was all happening down at the river at Struan Farm.
Unbeknowst to me, John had arranged for the digger to arrive to put in two cattle stops. These impede the stock/sheep from crossing, allowing us to remove gates. You will recall that John loves having the digger here. (Sometimes he pesters the guys so much trying to watch their progress that I gently have to call him off or we and they wouldn't get anything done!) The driver this weekend did tell him that he had a reputation "on the street" as being a bit fussy. The good news about this is that that remark takes the pressure off me, who is usually the one being accused of that..
Cattle stops were put in on the track from the pond down to the river and further down on the river track. These will make it much easier for people driving or walking down the river track.
Once the digger was here working away they realised that they'd need a new track for him to get back up from the river, since he wasn't able to drive over the newly installed cattle stops! So we've now got a new track, albeit a relatively steep one, that can be used by heavy equipment and walkers alike as an alternative path up from the river.
John spent most of that next morning spreading paddock grass seed and rolling it with the tractor. Fingers crossed we get a bit of rain to get it all germinating/growing.
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