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Cellpic Sunday: Incongruous Pink
Posted on January 5, 2025
The French countryside is pretty rugged, especially in the winter, and any signs of human habitation or exploitation are usually no more than utilitarian and predominantly in shades of brown or green.
Accordingly, it was a little unusual to find that this nearby farm gate was secured with a tie in two shades of pink.
Bolted
Posted on January 27, 2023
There’s a metal five-barred gate that allows tractors to get into the fields behind our house. It’s secured by this bolt, as seen on a very frosty morning.
Thursday Doors: Gates of St-Barbant and St-Martial
Posted on July 6, 2017
As promised last week, here is a final collection of images from the conjoined villages of Saint-Barbant and Saint-Martial-sur-Isop, focussing – just for a change – on gates.
Or rather, in this case, gateposts:
An unusually long and well cared-for example:
And it’s nice to see that the cemetery is looked after:
But oh dear…
Next week, something rather different: a restored Cistercian Abbey.
Thursday Doors 6 July 2017
Mundane? The Gatepost
Posted on December 26, 2016
It’s only an old gatepost – from a little further along the road that runs through our hamlet – but there’s a lot going on with it.
Mundane Mondays
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