The old gate

In the woods near our house there are tracks which take you in all directions. I was running along one of them today when I came to an old gate I'd never noticed before. It was just the perfect height to lean on for a rest ... and to climb on of course!


"Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun."

(J.R.R. Tolkien)