Darrell was very taken by the Gabion Gallery at the top end of Minehead’s seafront, in particular all the padlocks that have been left on the stone filled gabion baskets, each, with it’s own story and memories to tell.
Darrell said that the thought of locking and leaving something that was a bit of you, by the sea, was almost too impossibly romantic, but there again he does have a “thing” about padlocks. Unfortunately, on this occassion he didn’t have a padlock to leave, but he said that from now on, whenever we are away, he’ll make sure he has one in his case, just in case. What is he like?
We had hoped to leave our own padlock on Brooklyn Bridge when we were in New York a few years ago, until we learned that it was no longer allowed due to the ever increasing weight. People do leave padlocks on the new(ish) bridge in Evesham, but Darrell said, though he dearly loves our adopted town, he wasn’t/isn’t feeling the romance quite so deeply …….
2 comments:
They do it on a bridge in romantic Paris, too. They are called love locks - padlocks placed on bridges by lovers to signify their bond. I hope Tallulah doesn't get wind of it, and thinks that Darrell's padlock is for him and her.
Interesting things going on in Minehead - that article is interesting. JantheFan x
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