Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Gate


We recently went on our first ever overseas holiday! We've had to save for a really long time to be able to afford it as the exchange rate between us in South Africa and England is 16 to 1. Basically buying a beer at home would cost about 12 Rand, whereas in England it would cost me about 190 Rand for the same beer. Scary! But the one thing I loved about England was their castles which provided amazing photographic opportunities. Today's HS:MS word is 'gate' and this particular gate was at Carrisbrook Castle. It's a awesome gate, hundreds of years old, beautifully weathered and easily over 20 feet tall.

3 comments:

Sue said...

The UK is an expensive place to live plus, as you say, the exchange rates for you are bad anyway.

That is a ridiculous amount of money for a beer . . . nearly enough, though not quite enough, to put you off drinking!

Glad you enjoyed your holiday here :-)

So a smashing gate and most worthy of selection for today's prompt :-)

Sue

anita said...

ah yes...England and it's castles!!!
Glad you enjoyed them so much and too this great photo!
anita
x

Igotmebabe said...

Lots of castles here too in Scotland :). There is one five minutes from where I live, my favourite place to walk the dog. Love this gate, great shot.