
The Abbey Gateway (built 1365), St Albans, Hertfordshire, November 2020

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I am travelling this week, so apologies in advance for being slow responding to comments and visiting your posts.
Thanks to everyone who gave us closed last week.
Special thanks go to Cath for her ready to open; to Maria for her end of season approach; to Brian for his sense of humour; to Marie for her closed deal; and, to Robert for his striking interpretations of closed.
If you didn’t have chance to check out everyone’s offerings, the links are below. Why not grab a coffee now and go blog exploring.

- Aletta at Now at Home
- Another Day in Paradise
- Bren at Brashley Photography
- Brian at Bushboy’s World
- Cath’s Camera
- Cee’s Photography
- David M’s Photo Blog
- Elke at Pictures Imperfect
- Emille at Living between two realms
- Irene at Heaven’s Sunshine
- Jackie at JunkBoat Travels
- Janet at This, That and the Other Thing
- Ju-Lyn at Touring my Backyard
- Kanlaon
- Lady Sighs
- Le Drake Noir
- Lin’s Doodles
- Maria at Kamerapromenader
- Marie at Hops Skips and Jumps
- Nicole at Une photo, un poème
- Pat at Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
- Philosophy via Photos
- Photo Robert’s Blog
- Salsa World Traveler
- Sandy at Out of My Write Mind
- Steve at a London Miscellany
- Sue at Words Visual
- Woolly Muses
Next week’s theme will be rain.
Other forthcoming themes are listed here, and to see previous weeks of this challenge, click here

Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 September 2021
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
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I would have been tempted to enter and pock around for a while 🙂
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hi debbie, you have chosen a great theme for us that I like. Your post is a very interesting picture I like it a lot, here is my post for this week, https://wp.me/p2AvI7-3UW.
many greetings robert
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That door is ancient as are the stairs. Thanks for sharing. Here is my response to open.
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Yay! Anything that is open is great:) How we know now that things are not a “given” anymore, but are to be appreciated! Take a rest after your travel:):)
Here is mine
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That first is such a beauty, Debs!
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Nice door opening. Here’s mine
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Lots of openings this week. Here are some more: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2021/09/26/wide-open/
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Have a ton of fun this week. Great photo 😀
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Now that’s a very old opening!
Here’s mine: https://outofmywritemind.com/2021/09/26/open-for-business/
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A very quaint door !
This is mine today:
https://wanderlustig2019.wordpress.com/2021/09/26/into-the-dragons-mouth/
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Great doors Debbie!
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I love old doors. I have something old too.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2021/09/open.html
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love this
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A follow-up of sorts to last week’s Closed post:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2021/09/26/open/
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https://alondonmiscellany.wordpress.com/2021/09/26/open/
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I like your open door but I really adore your sentence: I will be travelling this week.
Enjoy!!
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That caught my eye also – so great to see those words appearing again!!! Happy Travels Debbie…
Here’s mine…
https://hopsskipsandjumps.com/2021/09/26/open/
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Oh, well done for finding the door open! Most inviting Here’s mine: https://suejudd.com/2021/09/26/open/
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It’s now part of the boys’ school. Not a bad place to study history!
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Good point!
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I’d really like to step through!
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School children only I’m afraid
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Love how you can see the years and years of use in those well-worn stone steps.
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And it’s unusual to see the door open.
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