F'Laps - Saturday 5th July
Join in with our challenge this Saturday. Run a set distance every hour until you can't run any more!Fetch Treasure Hunt
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Oct 2020
6:07pm, 31 Oct 2020
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ITG 🇮🇸
Oooh faboh! What is a kissing gate?
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Oct 2020
6:07pm, 31 Oct 2020
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GimmeMedals
I’m glad you’ve posted the new list, thank you ET. That’s an interesting collection which will be fun to hunt 💕
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Oct 2020
6:10pm, 31 Oct 2020
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Rosehip
Liking that list Elsie ![]() I have 3 or 4 from this month's, I might just nick the rest from EdJ and blog anyway |
Oct 2020
6:12pm, 31 Oct 2020
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Rosehip
For ITG: "Consisting of a semi-circular, square or V-shaped enclosure on one side and a hinged gate that swings between two shutting posts, it allows one person at a time to pass through but keeps livestock out. As for the title, the prosaic answer is that it derives from the fact that the hinged part touches – or ‘kisses’ – both sides of the enclosure rather than being securely latched like a normal gate. That hasn’t stopped many clinging to a more romantic notion: that the first person to pass through would have to close the gate to the next person, providing an opportune moment to demand a kiss in return for entry. Kissing gates are commonly found at the entrance to church graveyards but there is no evidence that this has any symbolic significance." better explanation than I could, from historyextra.com |
Oct 2020
6:16pm, 31 Oct 2020
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Autumnleaves
Great list! Looking forward to ticking those off. (Little enough to get excited about in the rest of life!)
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Oct 2020
6:16pm, 31 Oct 2020
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Elsie Too
Thanks for posting that explanation Rosehip, better than I could explain it. I hadn’t thought that might be a British thing. Just give someone a kiss by a gate if you don’t have them in Iceland!!!! |
Oct 2020
6:16pm, 31 Oct 2020
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Pothunter
Having only clocked 5 miles in Oct I haven’t done a blog for the Oct list. I did see this blue plaque on Facebook/Twitter though which was too good not to share: |
Oct 2020
6:18pm, 31 Oct 2020
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Autumnleaves
How very big brother!!
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Oct 2020
6:22pm, 31 Oct 2020
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GimmeMedals
Ha ha that is very apt CCTV placement 😄
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Oct 2020
6:32pm, 31 Oct 2020
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ITG 🇮🇸
Haha, Elsie, I'll need to drag OH out for a kiss by a gate. I think they might exist here but not close by.
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