February 2007

  • ….or ‘the gate’ in English. I am fascinated by the remnants of old sheep-gates you find throughout Shetland, where old fences have rotted away…they tend, for some reason, to be on the edge of cliffs. This has prompted various flights of CS Lewis/George Macdonald/Tolkien- type fancy concering their possible use as gateways to another, even…