I took a little pre-Christmas walk around my neighbourhood with the pooch because even in my familiar patch there are some doors of interest, as well as an awful lot of ordinary doors. Often it is what is around the door that makes them interesting and there are one of two examples of that in today’s post.
I still haven’t been to any country houses or estates since March last year, which is a shame as these tend to be rich hunting grounds for doors. We’ll just have to make door with what we find on our doorsteps for a little while longer.
Enjoy these doors from Redland in Bristol:
222 Yellow door and kids go Kart, Redland, Bristol, December 2020Green door and lots of trellis, Redland, Bristol, December 2020King George V post box, Redland, December 2020Mint green door with castellation, Redland, December 2020Bright yellow door with crazy awning, Redland, Bristol, December 2020
So there we have it, my first Thursday doors of 2021 and keeping it local for a change. I might have to delve into some archives very soon as we have just plunged into another national lockdown, and it sounds as though this one might continue into March.
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 gallery of graffiti writing and characters from the excellent Bristol writer Turoe.
All photographs by Scooj
Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2022Turoe, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2022Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2021Turoe and Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2021Turoe, Greenbank, Bristol, November 2021Turoe, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2021Turoe, L Dub, Bristol, September 2021Veks and Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, August 2021Turoe, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2021Turoe, M32 cycle path, Bristol, June 2021Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2021Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2021Turoe, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2021Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2021Turoe, Brunel Way, Bristol, Jauary 2021Turoe, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, M32 roundabout, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, Brunel Way, Bristol, December 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2020Turoe One, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2020Turoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2020Turoe One and Rusk, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019Turoe One and Rusk, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019Turoe One and Rusk, Paint Festival 2019, Cheltenham, September 2019Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2020Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2020Turoe One, Brunel Way bridge, Bristol, January 2020Turoe One, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2020Turoe One, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2019Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2019Turoe One, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2019Turoe One, Brunel Way bridge, Bristol, June 2019Turoe (Turo), Upfest, Bristol, July 2017Turoe (Turo), Upfest, Bristol, July 2017
It is the custom on Thursday Doors to post our favourite doors from the year on the Thursday before Christmas, so in this Coronavirus-impacted year, here are some of mine. All of these doors were posted in 2020, but some were photographed before that. I hope you enjoy them, and wherever you are may I wish you a happy Christmas and an infinitely better 2021.
January
Front entrance to the Bristol Hippodrome, Doors, December 2019
February
Arched garden door with a boot scraper, Bristol, December 2019
March
3Dom, Brook Hill, Bristol, March 2020
April
Shop door, Anchor Road, Bristol, November 2019
May
The Krah, Montpelier, Bristol, September 2018
June
Former door bricked up, Montpelier, Bristol, March 2020
July
Back yard gate, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
August
Little doors on a garden wall in Redland, Bristol, August 2020
September
A gorgeous door somewhat eclipsed by the warning notices to the right, Cheltenham, September 2020
October
Double doors in St Andrews, Bristol, May 2020
November
Shop front – no longer in business, Dorchester, June 2019
December
Sepr, Brigstocke Road, Bristol, December 2020
This has been a very tough year for all citizens of the world, and that includes us door enthusiasts. Doorscursions have been quite hard to come by. Let’s all hope that next year brings us some relief from the coronavirus pandemic and we can seek out a new and better normal life.
Happy holidays.
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 132 – Predictably, some more graffiti/street art doors from the archives
I have had another busy week and have barely ventured outside the house, so I have once again resorted to searching through my archives. These doors were originally posted on Natural Adventures (though not necessarily as Thursday doors posts) in February this year.
I hope you enjoy them…
Blurry picture on a blurry day – four doors to choose from
Sepr, Gloucester Road, Bristol, February 2020
A tiny little door on the side of this caravan
Minto, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2020Face 1st, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2020
OK, so there is only a bit of a door here, but give me a break…
Sepr, Dalton Square, Bristol, February 2020Sepr, Dalton Square, Bristol, February 2020
Fake doors on a fake train
Dibz, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
I may have cheated with this window/door
Sake One, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018DNT, Richmond Road, Bristol, February 2020
So that just about wraps it up for another week.
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 gallery of fantastic graffiti writing and characters from Bristol’s Biers, AKA OYeah, WD40 and @Jimothy_slip from the No Frills crew.
Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2025Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2025Biers, River Avon, Bristol, January 2025Biers, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2019Slim Pickings (Tes) and Biers, M32 Spot, Bristol, August 2024Biers, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, August 2024Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2024Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2024Biers, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2024Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2023Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, December 2023Biers, Hepburn Lane, Bristol, November 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2023Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2023Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, Ocober 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, Ocober 2022Biers, River Avon, Bristol, August 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2022Biers, River Avon, Bristol, July 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2022Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2022Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2022Biers, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2022Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2022Biers, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, December 2021Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2021Biers, River Avon, Bristol, November 2021Biers, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2021Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2020Biers and Slim Pickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, January 2021Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2020Biers, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2020Biers, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2020Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2019Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2019Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, June 2018Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2018Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2018Biers, Old Bread Street, Bristol, September 2016Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2018Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2018Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2018Biers, Dean Lane skatepark, Bristol, July 2017Biers, Dean Lane skatepark, Bristol, July 2017Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2017Biers, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2017Biers, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2017
Doors 131 – a welcome to Dan Anton and some more graffiti archive doors
It has been an ultra busy week, so I am returning to my ‘safety blanket’ of doors from my street art archives. The worrying thing is that I am steadily using up my reserve doors and really need to get out to photograph some new and exciting doors. Bristol is currently in the highest tier of covid-19 restrictions, so it may still be some time before I can get out and about.
This little selection were originally posted on Natural Adventures during December 2019 and January this year. Enjoy:
There is a door there somewhere – I promise
Xenz, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2019
RichT, Frogmore Street, Bristol, December 2019
Paul Monsters, Leonard Lane, Bristol, December 2019
OK, So I cheated… There is a red gate in the wall at the bottom.
Space Invader, Lambeth High Street, London, November 2019
Nevergiveup, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2019
Pekoe, Hepburn Road, Bristol, January 2020
Nevergiveup, River Avon, Bristol, January 2020
Slakarts, Hepburn Road, Bristol, January 2020
Unify, Shoreditch, London, November 2018
BKFoxx, Hanbury Street, Shoreditch, London, November 2018
SkyHigh, Shoreditch, London, November 2018
Gvnly, North Street, Bristol, December 2018
Conrico, Newfoundland Road, Bristol, December 2019
Well there was a bit of cheating in that lot, and quite a few boarded up doors, but in this friendly community of door lovers, I’m sure even oblique references to doors are acceptable.
So that’s it for this week. More next week I hope.
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.
As ‘Thursday doorsters’, you will all know that Norm is stepping down from hosting Thursday doors. This week’s post is some of my favourite doors from the last year or two to thank Norm Frampton for opening my eyes and helping me to see such door beauty in the world.
For Norm:
Blue door beyond a blue door, Montpelier, Bristol, March 2020
Two doors and street art, St Pauls, Bristol, May 2020
Multiple workshop doors, Frogmore Street, Bristol, July 2019
Multiple doors, Gibson Road, Bristol, March 2020
A pair of doors with beautiful stained glass widows above, Montpelier, Bristol, March 2020
Arched garden door with a boot scraper, Bristol, December 2019
Charley Box door and post box door, Montpelier, Bristol, February 2020
The all important Stage Door for cast, musicians, tecnicians and groupies, Bristol Hippodrome, December 2019
That is some red door, Cheltenham, September 2019
Old red door, Wareham, Dorset, October 2019
Hotwells doors, Bristol, August 2019
Main front door to the house dating back to the 17th century, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall, August 2019
Great doors, great shutters, great colours, Fournier Street, London, April 2019
Door accompanied by Sophie Long’s chickens, Kingsdown, Bristol, March 2019
Door, North Street, Bristol, Artist: Paul Monsters, February 2019
Door of the dead, Corso Cavour, Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy, August 2018
Go well Norm and thanks for all the doors (especially Italy and Ruelles Vertes).
That’s it for another week.
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 Norm 2.0 blog, where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
A little rummage through my desktop archives revealed some doors I photographed on a work trip I took to Dorchester back in June last year, when life was so much less complicated. Rather than feed you a diet of street art doors every week, I thought I’d switch it up a bit with this little collection. Enjoy.
Shop front – no longer in business, Dorchester, June 2019A rather tired old doorway, Dorchester, June 2019A once rather grand doorway, Dorchester, June 2019Corn Exchange door, Dorchester, June 2019Church door, Dorchester, June 2019Church door for very thin people, one that hasn’t been used for a while, Dorchester, June 2019
So another week swiftly passes us by, but it is important that we stop and smell the flowers every now and again, otherwise what is the point?
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
Doors 128 – a return to some street art and graffiti doors
As the country is once again locked down (although it somehow doesn’t feel as severe as the last time) photographing new doors continues to be something of a challenge. I long for a visit to a National Trust property or something similar, but I fer that such a trip is still a while off. In the meantime it is another dip into my archives to bring you some more graffiti doors from last year.
Thisone, Shoreditch, London, April 2019
Kin Dose, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2019
Ryder, Stokes Croft, Bristol, September 2019
Inkie, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2019
qWeRT, Ashley Road, Bristol, November 2019
Zoe Power and Dave Bain, Redland Station, Bristol, November 2019
Short and sweet this week.
Have a great weekend and keep safe in this crazy world.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you really ought to take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.
Natural adventures 