Bits and pieces by Lois

Ferry…

The ferry across the Solent between Portsmouth and Gosport only takes four minutes, but even so, those four minutes are magical – being on a ferry and crossing from one place to another. Ferry men have always had a mythological status; Charon who took the dead across Styx to Hades figures is referred to even […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Open the door

This metal door is set into a farm wall, just outside the farmhouse. It’s about  eighteen inches to two foot wide and about twelve inches tall.  It’s not big enough for a farmer to leave produce in to be picked up by someone, far too small for milk churns, and there’s not much room for […]

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