If the door looks like a door of a chapel, that's probably because it is
the doormat before the door looks somewhat out of place for me. that and the fact there is a house number.
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The doors in this set are from an installation that was used for retting flax.
Flax was the product from the area I grew up in.
Originally this process was done in the river Leie.
As the containers used became to much of a hindrance for the river boats and to be able to have a better control over the temperature over the water, these installations were built all along the river.
The "golden" days of the flax industry was as good as over by the time I was a child.
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and overall view for context
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a "b&b" for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostella, the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St. James. Notice the shell, the symbol of St. James / St Jacques to the right of the door.
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The hiking house, the place in Le Puy-en-Velay for information for all walkers hiking in the Haute-Loire. Regretfully it was closed when we visited so we missed out on saying hello.
Day 0 of 12 - Le Puy-en-Velay: Walking the Chemin de Stevenson (GR 70 Robert Louis Stevenson Trail) in the south of France.
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