The previous day the holes for the fence posts had been dug with the aid of an iron bar and spade and over each one I had placed a paving stone to keep out water and prevent anyone fool enough to slosh over the lawn from having a nasty accident. By the end of the day there was a nice collection of in situ pillars. When the concrete had gone off sufficiently I could notch the posts, fix the rails and finally attach the pales, four inches above ground level to allow plants space to spill out from under the fence and three inches below the top of the posts. This took several days during which the six uprights for the poolside pergola arrived so I took time out to put these in position ready for the forthcoming surrounding paving. The fence now makes a screen along the length of the garden separating it from the swimming pool.
Guests use the pool and often spill onto the lawn at inconvenient times.
Hopefully the presence of the fence will discourage this, especially as the pool is to the sunny side. The topsoil could be recycled but we had to wheelbarrow out into the adjoining field a large quantity of very sour looking subsoil full of decayed granite. The beds should now be very rich thanks to the addition of well-rotted manure and chopped turf, as well as topsoil dug from beside the pool in laying the new pipes. Clematis will be perfect to cover the fence because they like their roots kept in the shade. They can be planted in the shade and trained under and through the palings to the opposite side.