138 - Dreaming of Cinque Ports

138 - Dreaming of Cinque Ports
Originally uploaded by gingerpig2000

The Cinque Ports are well described on Wikipedia, but basically they were five ports from about the 13th century that gave England a bit of a navy when required. It still exists in an honory kind of way, and forms a little part of the background of life in the county I grew up in. This is from a visit several years ago, I think it is part of a gate.

I have made the background watery and a little difficult to focus on, rather like the past. The past is a place we cannot visit, and here is the seal on the gate preventing our access.