Thursday doors – 21 March 2024, Cheddar Gorge

Doors 257 – Doors of Cheddar Gorge (Part II)

View of the gorge, Cheddar, Somerset, October 2023
View of the gorge, Cheddar, Somerset, October 2023

This week I am posting the second selection of doors from a trip I made to Cheddar Gorge last October at a launch event for the declaration of the Mendip National Nature Reserve. While I was there, I made a little bit of time to take a few photographs of the shops and houses in this famous narrow gorge.

A short site visit to part of the new Nature Reserve took us to the village of Priddy a mile or two up the gorge. The heavens opened and the last two pictures capture the moment pretty well. I hope you enjoy the doors:

Cottage black door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Cottage black door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Ticket office doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Ticket office doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Entrance to Jacobs Ladder - a long set of steps to the top of the gorge, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Entrance to Jacobs Ladder – a long set of steps to the top of the gorge, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Gift shop doors and awning, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Gift shop doors and awning, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
The original Cheddar Cheese Company, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
The original Cheddar Cheese Company, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Is that a wolf guarding the door to Lily Cottage? Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Is that a wolf guarding the door to Lily Cottage? Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Village green during a cloudburst, Priddy, Somerset, October 2023
Village green during a cloudburst, Priddy, Somerset, October 2023
A very wet building and fine entrance, Priddy, Somerset, October 2023
A very wet building and fine entrance, Priddy, Somerset, October 2023

So that’s yer lot from Cheddar Gorge, I haven’t quite decided what to do for next week, but I have tons of doors in my archive to choose from, so I guess it will be a bit of a surprise for all of us. 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, and in his Sunday round up.

by Scooj

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Thursday doors – 14 March 2024, Cheddar Gorge

Doors 256 – Doors of Cheddar Gorge (Part I)

Limestone hillside, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Limestone hillside, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023

From the sunny climes of Umbria in Italy to a damp autumn landscape in rural Somerset – the contrast couldn’t be greater. Last October I found myself at a launch event for a new National Nature Reserve – the Mendip NNR – which runs along the Mendip Way from Cheddar to the coast. I took the opportunity to have a quick wander up and down the gorge to see what doors were on offer (obsessive behaviour?) and wasn’t disappointed.

The weather was pretty miserable, but dramatic, with heavy showers interspersed with sunny breaks in the cloud. Cheddar Gorge sits above the small town of Cheddar, famed for being the home of cheddar cheese, and runs through imposing limestone cliffs, lined with caves and tea rooms. This selection of doors might give you a little taste of this quintessentially English landscape and tourist attraction. Enjoy.

Gate into a winter attraction cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Gate into a winter attraction cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Entrance to Gough's Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Entrance to Gough’s Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Sweet shop doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Sweet shop doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Picket fence, gate and doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Picket fence, gate and doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Tearoom doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Tearoom doors, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Cottage and green door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Cottage and green door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Cottage green door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Cottage green door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Corner cottage door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023
Corner cottage door, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, October 2023

More from Cheddar Gorge next time. May I wish you a very fulfilled 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, and in his Sunday round up.

by Scooj

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