Above their body heat a gauze of steam rises, their jaws hung like kissing gates, swinging in rhythmic motion with the pace of their miniature man-bags.
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Full Swing is the debut EP from Cornish Folk Punk band Crowns. A six-track EP recorded and released 2012. "Kissing Gates" was the first single released from the EP in November 2011, followed by Full Swing in February 2012.
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Retrieved 28 April 2010 The majority of paths have wicket gates or kissing gates, but there are some stiles. There is no access off the marked paths. There are no bridleways; cycling is prohibited and horse riding requires a permit on the land owned by the National Trust. Camping and overnight parking are prohibited.
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The UK's Equality Act 2010, which superseded the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, requires that public services make "reasonable adjustments" to allow disabled access. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in England suggested in this context that kissing gates and stiles should in time be replaced or supplemented by a type that would allow access to a wider range of users.
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There is an 18-hole golf course northwest of the village.Farthingstone Golf Course and hotel Every summer, the Farthingstone Foot Fest takes place, which is a marathon and other shorter distance events, and aims to raise money for charity. The course takes walkers or runners over a number of stiles and through kissing gates in a figure of eight loop around the village.
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In 1897 the village of Thornford decided to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee by erecting a Jubilee tower clock and incorporating a water tap at its base. The clock tower was completed by Christmas 1898 and a clock made by Richard Robert Purchase, jeweller and watchmaker of Yeovil, was installed. A weather vane made by local blacksmith Albert Gabe was accepted by the Parish Council to complete the monument, and a Lime tree and privet hedge were planted behind the tower and iron railings with kissing gates erected at the front.
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The development makes way for new housing and shops in the two story buildings with the rest of the space being turned into a large carpark with no unique tips to the sites rail history. On the 16th of August 2017 construction of a new roundabout and the relocation of the kissing gates were completed in relation to completion of the Waikato Expressway Cambridge bypass and Lakewood Cambridge development of the Cambridge railway yard. VTNZ is still in 2017 operating in the grounds of the old rail yard.
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Walking is one of the main recreational activities in this area; there are 80 acres of woodland and meadow with pathways open to the public, consisting of easy circular walks with suitable terrain for pushchairs and wheelchairs. Some of the pathways and the car park has recently been resurfaced. There is a picnic area near the free main car park, and three radar-operated kissing gates have been installed next to the main pedestrian entrances to the park. Their installation was made possible by funding from The Big Lottery.
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It has been developed into a circular woodland and countryside walk. Access to the walk is from Lampton Road or from public footpath between Bourton Mead and 40 Long Ashton Road. The Long Ashton Footpath Users Group have replaced 29 stiles on the public rights of way around the village with kissing gates to create a complete circular walk around the village, accessible to older people and those with mobility problems, although it can be muddy in places. The route, way marked with yellow Village Circular Walk discs, takes in views of the valley, passing through local farms and woodland.
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In the following months after the closure of the Hautapu- Cambridge section of line in 1999 all the yard and line tracks were quickly lifted and Goods Shed dismantled. The Samson Post was moved to the new terminus of the line at Hautapu. The 'Home' semaphore signal remained in position until being moved to the grounds of the Cambridge Museum where it is currently on display along with the 18 km and 19 km distance markers. The 'Cambridge' sign marking the entrance to the yard and also the 'Kissing Gates' of 1884 vintage remain preserved in place.
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The Welsh Marches (Marchia Wallie) is a term used to describe this border region between England and Wales, since it was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. It passes through, or close to, the towns of Chepstow, Monmouth, Hay-on-Wye, Kington, Presteigne, Knighton, Montgomery and Welshpool and then in and around the North Wales towns and villages of Llangollen, Llandegla, Bodfari and Dyserth. The half-way point of the path is marked by the Offa's Dyke Centre in Knighton (). There used to be around 600 stiles along the route, but many of these have now been replaced by kissing gates.
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Bridge-shaped stile in Hanbury, Worcestershire In the United Kingdom many stiles were built under legal compulsion (see Rights of way in the United Kingdom). Recent changes in UK government policy towards farming has encouraged upland landowners to make access more available to the public, and this has seen an increase in the number of stiles and an improvement in their overall condition. However stiles are deprecatedBritish Standard BS5709:2018 Gaps Gates & Stiles () and are increasingly being replaced by gates or kissing gates or, where the field is arable, the stile removed. Many legacy stiles remain, however, in a variety of forms (as it also the case in the US, where there is no standard).
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