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While-U-wait service
yearly inconvenience
waiting for Godot
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by Scooj
Tag: Car
Thursday doors – 27 February 2025 – Doors from Buxton, Derbyshire
Doors 298 – Doors of Buxton (part I), April 2024
Another work trip, another town to explore. This time I was on a team trip to plant some trees in the Derbyshire Dales for an EU LIFE project called LIFE in the Ravines. Our team work in government nature communications, and this was a chance for us to ‘get our hands dirty’ on the kind of work we talk about and promote all the time, but less frequently get to experience.
What this meant was that I had to stay overnight before the morning of our tree planting, which gave me the perfect opportunity to explore Buxton (the spring water place) a town I had never been to, and spend the early morning snapping a few doors.
This first set of doors from Buxton is not what I was expecting to find, but my visit just happened to coincide with a classic car auction near the botanical hot house, and the opportunity to photograph some car doors was simply too good to resist. I am not really a car person, for me they are a way of getting from A to B, so my labelling these cars might be way off the mark, and I would be happy for any car buffs to put me straight. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did:
I expect that is enough cars for now. I am on holiday next week, but will try to post something if I get time. If not I’ll see you in two weeks. 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.
by Scooj
Graveyard
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Boy (and girl) racers
without a care in the world
plunder and destroy
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by Scooj
5472. Greenbank (94)
The sun wasn’t being kind when I took these pictures of Mind 49’s wonderful car piece recently, and these photographs really don’t do justice to the vibrant green paint used for the car. This amazing piece I find a little paradoxical, but I have got my head around it. There are elements that are a little ‘off’, for example the tyres are a little out of shape, and yet the reflections in the glass and panels of the car are nothing short of brilliant. The windows in particular give the impression that the car has been parked under some trees. An amazing effect.
Sitting over the car is a huge number 49, a number that plays a significant part in Mind 49’s life, having changed his moniker from Mind Control a year or two back. If you look carefully, he has also written the letters MIND in tiny little letters over the side of the car. This piece is a real treat and one of my favourite of the year so far. Note to self: isn’t it about time we had a Mind gallery?
Crash
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Accident blackspot
not fifty yards from the house
another write-off
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by Scooj
3983. Purdown HAA Battery (34)
When they were toddlers, there is no doubt that the favourite toy that got the most play time was the buggy cozy coupé car thing, and this fabulous piece by Daz Cat brought a massive smile to my face, remembering those fun and uncomplicated days.
Daz Cat has recently taken his work to a new level, creating more than a simple posed character, but instead a character in a scene that tells a whole story. Sophistication and detail have improved his already excellent work and I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying his expansion. It is always a treat to find his work.
Prang
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Sickening clatter
just a momentary lapse
in concentration
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by Scooj
Car trouble oh yeah
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Double yellow line
its no place for a breakdown
a dead battery
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by Scooj
2854. York Street (2)
This is a wonderful old piece (2014 I think) from Zase, that I have only just photographed. Due to thee Covid-19 lock down, this wall is clear of any parked cars in front of it and this is the first time when I have been passing on foot that I have been able to get a clean shot.
The whole thing is unmistakably by Zase and the 3D writing in the middle, which you’d normally expect to spell ZASE actually spells A&M, which is the name of the garage A&M Motor Services in York Street.
On the right of the piece is a pretty graphic crash-crumpled car, slightly on the macabre side, and on the left a rather snazzy Mercedes and dashboard. I think that this is an absolutely stunning piece and has weathered really well over the years with only a little bit of tagging.
This area is crammed with amazing work from Zase who lives nearby. We are very lucky to have him in Bristol. I think it is high time I produced a gallery of his work… watch this space.
L plates
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These misplaced concerns
the boy can drive pretty well
practice makes perfect
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 