tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post307736505662329827..comments2023-06-22T09:05:51.169+01:00Comments on Sweat, Steam and Gasoline: Pointless Portals - Part OneDiplomatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post-7869923047564799032008-03-05T00:25:00.000+00:002008-03-05T00:25:00.000+00:00I knew it was Lilford, but didn't like to say. You...I knew it was Lilford, but didn't like to say. You must have run the risk of getting all four barrels from a matched pair of Purdey's though, being as you had to go over the wall to catch the sunny side.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post-669809662162545582008-03-04T20:50:00.000+00:002008-03-04T20:50:00.000+00:00Alois - so good to hear from you. I've been a litt...Alois - so good to hear from you. I've been a little slack on the blog lately. This gate is actually on the old carriage drive from Lilford Hall to StJohns at the nearby Achurch, in the adjacent parish of Thorpe-Achurch, Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe having already lost its church at the hands of the Powys family - more of that later.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post-23439972178733233042008-03-04T18:56:00.000+00:002008-03-04T18:56:00.000+00:00I really like this idea of Gates to Nowhere. Seei...I really like this idea of Gates to Nowhere. Seeing these, for reasons I can't put a finger on, I immediately thought of Blott on the Landscape. Then I was struck by the belt-and-baces approach to gates: a set of nicely-fitting wrought iron ones (presumably to keep the great unwashed out) backed up by a simple picket fence (presumably to keep the prize Tamworths in). <BR/><BR/>It's not the Peatling Magna Boot Hill is it perchance?Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post-82748099611224515592008-03-04T18:14:00.000+00:002008-03-04T18:14:00.000+00:00Don't get me going on cars again, I've just found ...Don't get me going on cars again, I've just found my brochure for the Rover 3-Litre.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post-15145394692025797122008-03-04T14:51:00.000+00:002008-03-04T14:51:00.000+00:00Yes you're quite right - and that is section of bu...Yes you're quite right - and that is section of bumper from a Humber Super Snipe glinting in the undergowth.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554140173341020522.post-60590924925642323352008-03-04T14:26:00.000+00:002008-03-04T14:26:00.000+00:00Welcome back Diplo, what a superb blog and pics. I...Welcome back Diplo, what a superb blog and pics. I think I know where it is, but am reticent to commit myself in case of making yet another appalling gaff.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com