Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: gate

I don't as a rule post photos by other people here — it's just not how flickr works, I feel. But since I "set up" this shot, I think I'll let it slip through and chalk it up as one for the "production team"! This little Nissan Micra (the 6th most reliable car of 2007, I'm told, though I had to point out that's the next generation...) is going to get us to Mongolia. Yeah, it is. Sump guard and petrol tank guard currently being welded on! Taken in the Brecon Beacons National Park where we tested out our navigation and camping skills with three other Mongol Rally teams :)

The house behind the gate is a lot less run down! I hope they can preserve the gate as it is, rather than renewing it. ;)

I'm going to have to make a study of all the elaborate gateposts (and the incredible Victorian mansions) around Sefton Park, soon.

At the chapel at RAF Biggin Hill, or what's left of this famous Battle of Britain fighter base. In the background is a replica of a Hawker Hurricane. It and a replica Spitfire are the gate guardians here, replacing genuine aircraft which were the guardians here when this was a fully functioning airfield. Lots of faffing in Lightroom (to get back any definition to the over-exposed clouds and sky) have lent this a strangely unreal atmosphere.

At the chapel at RAF Biggin Hill, or what's left of this famous Battle of Britain fighter base. The aeroplane is a replica of a Hawker Hurricane. It and a replica Spitfire are the gate guardians here, replacing genuine aircraft which were the guardians here when this was a fully functioning airfield.

(Should you want to know where this is, the geo-tagged location is only done from memory, and may be a little out. But leave Richelieu, head north, and avoid the toll roads. It isn't too far.) We think the gateposts might be a relic of the Cardinal's estate, given the style and type of stone; tragically his house was taken apart by an estate agent in the early 19th Century - not even for political reasons - and much of the fabric is no doubt re-used in the surrounding area.