Login

r/RuralUK

▲ 14 r/RuralUK+1 crossposts

Stock fencing without a tractor

I have around 200m of stock proof fencing to install. Primarily it is to define a boundary but it will also need to keep sheep out! I have the pointed wooden posts and plan to use a petrol auger with slightly smaller diameter bit than the post, and a hand basher to get the post in tight.

Is this method likely to have good results for my requirements or am I about to waste the bank holiday weekend? 😆 Alternative low-tech methods welcome!

Thanks in advance

reddit.com
u/Ok-Car-5610 — 1 day ago
▲ 88 r/RuralUK

Newbie to the sub, here's some pics of what surrounds my little village.

I live close to the South Downs National Park, fairly out of the way of the city. it's very peaceful and one of those places where you see the same faces daily.

were surrounded by farmland and woodland, with many nature reserves within a 10 minute drive.

Another plus is there's an observatory near us so after midnight all streetlamps go out until morning, allowing for stunning night skies which I just wouldn't trade in for anything.

I just love living so close to nature.

u/TheKozmikSkwid — 8 days ago
▲ 35 r/RuralUK

Are we in the UK more disconnected from the outdoors compared to other places?

This is a just a general feeling I have had that we are far less outdoorsy than places like Scandinavia, the US, Canada and other parts of Europe.

I suspect a lack of right to roam in England and Wales in particular may have a lot to do with it, restricting where we can do outdoor activities, but I feel we are on average a quite indoorsy people.

Interested to know if anyone feels the same I do.

reddit.com
u/Wgh555 — 11 days ago
▲ 30 r/RuralUK

my aunt & uncle real living image rural part china

it’s been almost 10yrs since i last time visited them realized this i intricately feel shameful , they have been living on this piece of land for decades far rural countryside of china, this is their natural routine lives when i watching this scene can not stop tearing it reminds me to recall my childhood beautiful memories suddenly feel sad since they are really really old almost 80yrs , i hope them be healthy for more longer years. bless to them.

u/RestlessSoulShanghai — 13 days ago
▲ 24 r/RuralUK

Swift, House Martin, Swallow Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)

u/Albertjweasel — 14 days ago