Your bike in front of a gate pics

[NorthernDave]

One from this morning, on the ridge above Bardsey

 

[smokeysmoo]

 

[Spiderweb]

Another poor excuse for a gate at Bishops Wood near Biggin North Yorkshire.

 

[briantrumpet]

A bit of education on a Sunday afternoon...

Strictly speaking, a gate is the space, not the thing that goes across it... or at least, it used to be. From the Oxford English Dictionary:

"Etymology: Old English geat strong neuter, corresponds formally to Old Frisian gat , jet , hole, opening, Old Saxon gat eye of a needle (Low German and Dutch gat gap, hole, breach), Old Norse gat (see gat n.1) < Old Germanic type *gatom"

1. An opening in a wall, made for the purpose of entrance and exit, and capable of being closed by a movable barrier, the existence of which is usually implied; said with reference to a city or other enclosure, or the enclosure-wall of a large building, formerly also to the bulding itself, where door or doors is now commonly employed.

So there you are.

 

[NorthernDave]

A bit of education on a Sunday afternoon...

Strictly speaking, a gate is the space, not the thing that goes across it... or at least, it used to be. From the Oxford English Dictionary:

"Etymology: Old English geat strong neuter, corresponds formally to Old Frisian gat , jet , hole, opening, Old Saxon gat eye of a needle (Low German and Dutch gat gap, hole, breach), Old Norse gat (see gat n.1) < Old Germanic type *gatom"

1. An opening in a wall, made for the purpose of entrance and exit, and capable of being closed by a movable barrier, the existence of which is usually implied; said with reference to a city or other enclosure, or the enclosure-wall of a large building, formerly also to the bulding itself, where door or doors is now commonly employed.

So there you are.

Good to know - there are a couple of places that I've spotted that would make a nice photo where there is a gap in a hedgerow or a wall but where there isn't a "movable barrier" in place.

 

[Threevok]

From today's mudfest - Spot the Bike

 

[biggs682]

Well I best start looking for gaps then

Or does this count , it's a gap in our vegetable beds ?

 

[briantrumpet]

Good to know - there are a couple of places that I've spotted that would make a nice photo where there is a gap in a hedgerow or a wall but where there isn't a "movable barrier" in place.

Will this open the flood, er, gates?

 

[Spiderweb]

D'Oyly's Tea Rooms Bolton Percy, North Yorkshire.

 

[Jenkins]

Paper Mill Lane, Bramford. The former Fisons factory.

 

[welsh dragon]

Mine was taken in front of a substation.

 

[Jenkins]

This is a gate honestly - Dock Gate 2 at Felixstowe Port

 

[Threevok]

From my Commute this morning

 

[briantrumpet]

I'm struggling to find field gates in this part of France... a challenge!

 

[Jenkins]

Is this the most boring gate pictured so far - or does what it is protecting make it interesting?

Edited to add - actually what as there a couple of years ago was much more interesting!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0...4!1syWsEWPl2NJTLq6BuVUTo_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656