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-Starting off a wattle hurdle on a mould board.+_Starting off a wattle hurdle on a mould board._
  
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-Continuous weave fencing is constructed in the same way as hurdles, but as it is woven in situ it forms a more permanent barrier, and can also follow the contours and slope.+_Continuous weave fencing is constructed in the same way as hurdles, but as it is woven in situ it forms a more permanent barrier, and can also follow the contours and slope._
  
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-A line of coppiced willows before a 'haircut'...+_A line of coppiced willows before a 'haircut'..._
  
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-![...and after.](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/hurdles4.jpg)+![_...and after._](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/hurdles4.jpg)
  
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-...and after.+_...and after._
  
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-![Weaving cleft hazel.](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/hurdles5-e1504710723271.jpg)+![_Weaving cleft hazel._](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/hurdles5-e1504710723271.jpg)
  
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-Weaving cleft hazel.+_Weaving cleft hazel._
  
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-Weaving a willow hurdle+_Weaving a willow hurdle_
  
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-If you decide that you want to make your own hurdles the way to start is to attend a [course](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/directory/categories/hurdles-courses). It's physically hard work, so it's great exercise (the part that most course participants find hardest is putting the 'twist' in, which is a tricky technique and physically demanding). There are three key things to learn:+If you decide that you want to make your own hurdles the way to start is to attend a course. It's physically hard work, so it's great exercise (the part that most course participants find hardest is putting the 'twist' in, which is a tricky technique and physically demanding). There are three key things to learn:
  
 1. how to split hazel rods - commonly done with a hook-nosed billhook. 1. how to split hazel rods - commonly done with a hook-nosed billhook.
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-A traditional gate hurdle – used as a fence panel, not hung as an opening gate.+_A traditional gate hurdle – used as a fence panel, not hung as an opening gate._
  
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-![A cleft hazel hurdle.](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/hurdles6-e1504710985404.jpg)+![_A cleft hazel hurdle._](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/hurdles6-e1504710985404.jpg)
  
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-A cleft hazel hurdle.+_A cleft hazel hurdle._
  
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-How to make a hurdle with hazel and handtools.+_How to make a hurdle with hazel and handtools._
  
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-## Specialists+## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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