Since I found that there was once a clappergate on a path in Wrexham, built in Victorian times to let ladies in long dresses use the path, I’ve always wanted to build one. However on that path Wrexham County put in a new gate. So when Mehr Fardoonji of Oakcroft Gardens asked me to build one into her woods at Cross O’ the Hill in memory of a friend with whom she used to visit one at the RHS gardens, I designed and built one with the help of a friend. At first the gate didn’t clap due to the wet treated wood but when it dried the sawn post clapped as it closed