@SalixGold, good point about the signs not being visible at night. I think lights (and a claxon - in my dreams! ) -will work better overnight. A discreet sign in the window for daytime might be in order though.
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Signs of any kind won't work. I don't think there's much that would work other than locking it, and then you'll have to be available every day to unlock it. The problem with post could be solved by having one of those boxes attached nearby. It's an electric current you need through the gate.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@kt53 no, not a shortcut. The routes the night time revellers use include my street. They spill out of clubs in the early hours, marauding past ( the very drunk types) and often have food and drink with them. They sometimes jettison it en route. Sometimes into my hedging, sometimes under, through and over my gate and sometimes they open the gate and come into my front garden. This could be for a dare, maybe to look at their phone and chat to their mates off the public highway, and sometimes to urinate, dump rubbish or very occasionally, to vomit or sit down. Very occasionally there is drunken fighting. It is not just my garden that this can happen, but because I grow more plants than average, there is more of a chance my garden will be damaged. It does not happen every night or week but I regularly find unexplained detritus that has appeared during the night.
In the daytime, school children, students, dog-walkers, tourists and commuters walk past and the inconsiderate ones of this group tend to mainly just post litter through my hedging!
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Hang a sign saying 'Wet Paint On Gate', and randomly apply a few dabs of paint every Thursday night. Anti-climb paint is the best, as it doesn't dry and is very difficult to wash off.
Slightly off topic but made me smile when I thought of it. In the 'good old days' army helicopters hovered about a lot keeping an eye. If they saw blokes they would sometimes turn the spotlight on just to let them know not to get up to mischief. Well there was dancing. Of course there was! 🤣🤣🤣
We used to have a smart padlock which had the facility to set times when it would be locked. We didn't use that feature so I'm not sure how reliable it is.
Have you thought of a carabiner clip rather than a padlock?
I bought a very nice fisherman’s smock this week from a German retailer, a ships’ chandler. They enclosed their catalogue. So many things-of-purpose I had no idea that existed including such a range of shackles and clips.
A carabiner clip attached to a bolt would completely baffle night time ne’er do wells but could be released by posties, delivery drivers etc who have been shown its working. Unlike a padlock you’d not need to be in charge of it late at night and first thing in the morning,
On the Dorset coast you must be close to ships’ chandlers so you could discuss your needs in person.
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I don't think there's much that would work other than locking it, and then you'll have to be available every day to unlock it. The problem with post could be solved by having one of those boxes attached nearby.
It's an electric current you need through the gate.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In the daytime, school children, students, dog-walkers, tourists and commuters walk past and the inconsiderate ones of this group tend to mainly just post litter through my hedging!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In the 'good old days' army helicopters hovered about a lot keeping an eye. If they saw blokes they would sometimes turn the spotlight on just to let them know not to get up to mischief. Well there was dancing. Of course there was! 🤣🤣🤣
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I bought a very nice fisherman’s smock this week from a German retailer, a ships’ chandler. They enclosed their catalogue. So many things-of-purpose I had no idea that existed including such a range of shackles and clips.
On the Dorset coast you must be close to ships’ chandlers so you could discuss your needs in person.