Holland Park main gates. Nice turnstile, but why? Not sure about the pants, but they've been there a while...

This one has me mystified. I quite often cycle though Holland Park, in fact National Cycle Route 5 runs up the black Path beside it. For some time I have been aware of this turnstile, but I’ve never had to use it  because the main gates are always swinging open. I’m unclear about how anyone with a pushchair or wheelchair would get through such a restrictive barrier, surely making it contrary to the disability regulations. Since there  are a multitude of other entrances to the park, one can only assume this gate, like lot of other local doses of anti-vehicle protection, is an ill thought out exercise in box-ticking. Such structures don’t come cheaply and I can’t see what this offers over those used on Clayhanger Common, which would be cheaper and more pushchair friendly.

As to the pants, it’s Brownhills, innt? I wonder if their owner has missed them yet?