Doors 172 – Holiday doors, Umbria and Tuscany, Italy 2018
I have decided to join in with Dan’s suggestion for this week’s door theme and bring you some of my favourite doors from a holiday we had in Italy in August 2021. You might well have seen these doors before, but I don’t think that matters too much. In these pandemic days we can only dream of future overseas holidays or reflect on holidays past.
I hope you enjoy this selection:
Double door, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy, August 2018Graffiti door, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy, August 2018Door of the dead, Corso Cavour, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy, August 2018Grand door, Citta di Castello, Umbria, ItalyAnother green double door, Citta di Castello, Umbria, ItalyGreen double door, Citta di Castello, Umbria, ItalyDouble door, Citta di Castello, Umbria, ItalyDoor, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy, August 2018Brick wall, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy – HaikuDoor in Cortona, Tuscany, ItalyInteresting door, Via Dardano, Cortona, Tuscany, ItalyDoor in Cortona, Tuscany, Italy
It is actually rather nice to unearth these doors for you and this post inspires me to keep hoping that our trip to Italy in 2018 will not be our last.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
I am overwhelmingly busy, so today’s offering is a little short on narrative. Suffice it to say that this is a random selection of doors photographed in Bristol over the past year or so. I hope you enjoy them.
Temporary pub garden door in lock down, Bristol, May 2021A door decorated with slaps (stickers), Bristol, May 2021Double garage doors, Bristol, June 2021Bunker Bikes overgrown door, Bristol, August 2021Warehouse door, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2021Saucy door, Bedminster, Bristol, September 2021Former city bank door, Bristol, September 2021
Sorry for the rather brief post this week. May I wish you all the best for the rest of the week and weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Really short on time today, but a Thursday doesn’t quite feel right without a Thursday doors post. This is a quick ramble through some already posted doors from Natural Adventures earlier this year in May and June.
Hope you enjoy them:
Ejits, North Street, Bristol, April 2021Kid Crayon and Zubieta, North Street, Bristol, May 2021Paul Monsters, Bedminster Parade, Bristol, April 20213F Fino, Leonard Lane, Bristol, May 2021The ‘six sisters’ – Bex Glover, Alex Lucas, Zoe Power, Gemma Compton, Sophie Long and Ejits, North Street, Bristol, May 2021Mr Penfold, Church Road, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 2021Kleiner Shames, Argus Road, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 21Hannah Edwards, North Street, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 21Peter Sheridan, North Street, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 21Gage Graphics, West Street, Bristol, June 2021
So as another week passes, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
A quick one for you this week. The concluding part of my doors from Looe in Cornwall. You will notice that several of the doors have little brick walls in front of them. Looe is prone to flooding during high spring tides when they coincide with storm surges and low pressure. To prevent the water entering homes, walls and flood gates are placed in front of front doors. It is the owners of these homes that will need to be especially tuned in to climate change and the impacts of it.
So, here are the doors:
Blue door – Lobster Pot Cottage – Please mind your head, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Green door – Tiree ‘n’ Tyrina – with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Blue door – Jack’s – with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021White door with flood gate slots on either side, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Grubby back door with a chain curtain, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Three doors at Riverside hall, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Well, that just about wraps things up for another week. Have a fantastic weekend, wherever you are.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Continuing with my second set of doors from a recent fishing trip to Looe in Cornwall.
My first impressions of Looe, formed a few years ago at the height of grockle (tourist) season, were not entirely good. Very crowded and if I am honest it all felt a bit naff. However, this October, my views were turned upside down, and I felt some affection for the place. The absence of hoards of holidaymakers meant that you could actually appreciate the town, it’s streets and buildings… and doors. So here are some more doors for you to enjoy:
Door with iron grille, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Mind your head low door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Ghost door and lintel, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Vine cottage green door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Old cottage, newish door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
One more week of these Cornish doors and then… I’m not too sure what, probably some archive doors from Bristol.
Today is Remembrance Day, so I dedicate this post to the fallen. I will not forget.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 167 – Looe doors (see what I did there?), Cornwall – Part 1
Good morning doorsters. This week, I am returning to Cornwall for some doors I photographed during a sea fishing pilgrimage I make with a great friend every year. We spent a day fishing on the ‘banjo’ pier in the seaside town of Looe, and of course I couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a few door snaps while we were there. No fish were killed in the making of this blog post, all were returned to the sea carefully.
So here are the doors, and one or two fishing pictures to get you in the mood:
Church House door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021One, two, three fishing gear doors, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Multiple windows and door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Black door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Seaway door and mermaid knocker, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Fishing from banjo pier, Looe, October 2021Ballan Wrasse, Looe, October 2021
So that’s it for another week. More from this series next week, all being well. Have a great weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
I feel like a brief pause from my holiday doors, so here, in deep contrast to the stylish and quaint doors of Cornwall, are some edgy graff doors from Bristol. This set of doors were first published on Natural Adventures in January – April 2021, but the photographs might have been taken some time before that.
Nina Raines, Phoebe Tonks and Ana Cruz, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021Dabuten Tronko, Felix Road, Bristol, February 2021Mr Klue and Mr Sleven. Brigg’s Lane, Bristol. February 2021Sepr, Lucky Lane, Bristol, March 2021DNT, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, April 2021Kin Dose and the Hass, North Street, Bristol, April 2021Animated post box door, Bristol, May 2018
Short and sweet this week, with a likely resumption of chocolate box pretties next time. Have a great weekend wherever you are, and let’s hope for the sake of all of us that the COP26 talks go well, and our respective governments commit to doing more to combat the practices that exacerbate climate change, starting right here in the UK, where we have a lot to answer for.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Continuing with my doors of Cornwall from a short family holiday in August, I bring you this series of wonderful doors in Penzance.
My father lived in Penzance after he retired until his death in April 2018, and it was probably the happiest period of his life. He was a colourful man whose career in stage management, pub management and show business went down very well with the locals. He was an adopted son of Penzance and known to many in the town. This visit was a pilgrimage to the place he loved so much. I used the opportunity to photograph a few doors too.
Penzance was once a prosperous town that found itself at the end of Isenbard Kingdom Brunel’s Great Western Railway, and is known to many from the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera, The Pirates of Penzance (or The Pirates of Men’s Pants as we used to call it at school). Now it is a bit of an eclectic place, with prosperity and poverty side by side. It is a honeypot for eccentrics, hippies, collectors of junk, drunks and addicts who seem to be attracted by its remoteness, quirkiness and mild climate. I think my dad made it into at least two of those categories.
I rather like this collection, I hope you do too…
Blue door with superb neoclassical portico, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
Captain Cutters House door, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
Steps to a high door, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
A stunning door to the former home of the mother and aunt of the Brontë sisters, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
Plaque by the door to the former home of the mother and aunt of the Brontë sisters, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
Double door and contrasting colours, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
Double door and steps, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
Another stunning door slightly set back, Penzance, Cornwall, August 2021
More doors from Cornwall to come, but I think that next week I will try to switch it up a little bit with something else. That’s it for this week, may I wish you all a fun and relaxing weekend ahead.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
A really quick one this week, as I am on a fishing holiday with an old friend in Cornwall, and today is our last day so we have to pack up, and also go for a last session. The blog, for once, needs to take a back seat.
This is the final set of Truro doors from a family trip to Cornwall back in August. Enjoy.
Blue double doors, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Door with grand lion portico, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Green door within a door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Arched door and steps, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
So that is your lot for this week. All the very best until next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Really pressed for time this week, so just a few more doors from our trip to Cornwall back in August when the weather was not dissimilar to the weather today. What has happened to our climate? (Answers on a postcard).
Onwards with those doors:
Seen better days grand door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021 Door with nice portico and modern railings, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021 Shades of green doors, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021 Perfect door within a door door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
I told you it was a quick one this week. Have a wonderful week until next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
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