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.
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.
I’m in a bit of a rush, so not many words from me this week (sighs of relief all round). These are some doors photographed in the magnificent City of Truro, Cornwall, from our all-too-short summer break in August. A real mixture of grand and slightly odd this week. Enjoy.
Truro Cathedral entrance and doors, Cornwall, August 2021Blue door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021Unstable structure do not enter, door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021No food here, former door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021Door and fabulous windows of the Palace Building, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021Functional door of a beautiful doorway, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021Cornwall Freemasons? Truro, Cornwall, August 2021A rather different door at the Cornwall Yoga Centre, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Another week passes us by, but we can look forward to another one ahead.
More Truro doors next week, until then, see ya.
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.
On a recent family holiday to Cornwall, I nipped into Liskeard, which was our nearest small town, to collect a Nepalese takeaway (which was absolutely delicious I might say). I had arrived a little early and so took the opportunity to have a quick wander and capture some doors.
Although none of these doors are particularly spectacular, they do give a flavour of the Cornish penchant for decorative porticos, which are much more common here than in some other parts of the country, or at least are features on less grand buildings. It would seem that the Cornish set great store by having a grand doorway, even if you can afford little else.
Enough hot air… here are the Liskeard doors:
Door with grand portico, Liskeard, Cornwall, August 2021Green door with portico, Liskeard, Cornwall, August 2021In case you were wondering, this is the door to number 4, Liskeard, Cornwall, August 2021Blue hillside door, Liskeard, Cornwall, August 2021Door with portico and plant pots, Liskeard, Cornwall, August 2021
More Cornish doors next week, until then, au revoir.
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.
Many of you might not have heard of Polruan but might well have heard of its well-heeled partner, Fowey. These two small towns sit on either side of the Fowey Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. Of the pair, Polruan appears to be more of a working harbour, with some docks and dock buildings at the bottom of a town built on a very steep hill. The more affluent Fowey is a favourite for celebrities and second-homers, and is very picturesque.
On the day I took these pictures, my son and I had been fishing from the Polruan Block House point. The block house was one of a pair, the other being on the other side of the estuary in Fowey. These block houses were built to defend the entrance to the estuary, with small calibre cannon and longbow archers stationed in each fort. Unfortunately, the French breeched the defences in 1457 (that’s a long time ago) so they were upgraded with a boom barrier, a thick chain suspended between the two forts. The chain could be raised with winches off the bottom of the seabed to prevent the entry upriver by unwelcome ships.
This chain was confiscated in 1478 by Edward IV, who had been offended by the behaviour of two Fowey locals, Treffry and Michelstow, and given to Dartmouth Castle where a similar defensive arrangement existed. So that was that.
The ruined fort has two entrances, but no longer any doors. The rest of the doors are from the narrow lanes in the upper part of the town. Enjoy the doors:
Polruan Block House door, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021 Polruan Block House ruin and door, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021 Polruan Block House window view, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021 September Cottage door, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021 Porthole door, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021 Blue split door, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021 Beautiful door and crab door knocker, Polruan, Cornwall, August 2021
Well that’s it for another week. I hope to share some more Cornish doors next 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.
As if things weren’t busy enough on the streets of Bristol, I take a week’s holiday, and the turnover of pieces has been phenomenal. Possibly the pick of the bunch (but I am biased) is this door piece from Laic217.
Laic217, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2021
Laic217 seems to have settled into a pattern of painting that I can just about keep up with, roughly a couple per month, which seems sensible to me. This piece is perhaps a little more unsettling than some of his skeleton pieces, because of the satanic references. The face is a design idea I have not seen from Laic217 before, but it has a horror film feel about it.
Laic217, M32 cycle path, Bristol, August 2021
As always the execution of the piece is first class and the detail in the character’s coat, the creases and yellow cord, are fabulous. The blue smoke too is nicely done. Laic217 keeps on turning out brilliant work, no fuss, no bother.
So to the final selection of doors from a visit to Lyme Regis in July, when England was bathed in sunshine, and we enjoyed the only real taste of summer this year. I have had fun sharing doors from this trip, and it has been a bit different from the more usual fare of Bristol and graffiti doors. There is more good news too, which is that I managed to capture a few doors in Cornwall while I was there last week, so that should keep me going for a little while.
Here are this week’s doors – enjoy:
Weavers Cottage door and ice cream trike, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
Unpainted wooden door, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
Light blue door and steps, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
Booklovers B&B door, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
Blue door and stylish surround, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
Steps down to a low door and foot doorfie, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
Beautiful shopfront with unusual bay windows, Wisteria and of course door, Lyme Regis, Dorset, August 2021
So that’s it for another week – have a fabulous 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.
Little by way of introduction from me today as I am on holiday in Cornwall (taking lots of new door pictures to keep me going for a while). Instead, I’ll let you browse at your leisure through this third instalment of doors from a trip to Lyme Regis about a month ago. Enjoy.
Blue door with shell wreath, Lyme Regis, Dorset, July 2021
Pale door, Lyme Regis, Dorset, July 2021
Blue door and tiled step, Lyme Regis, Dorset, July 2021
Fancy door and bay windows, Lyme Regis, Dorset, July 2021
Door with stained glass, Uplyme, Devon, July 2021
So there you have it for another week. I might have a little more time to say stuff next week, but until then au revoir.
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 love this piece. I have driven past it many times but never stopped to study or photograph it. Had I done so, I would have posted it a long time ago. It is by the magnificent American street artist Muckrock, and I presume was painted during a trip she made to the UK and Bristol in September 2018. I have followed her on Instagram since then and am a big fan of her work, so to finally capture this was a major boon.
Muckrock, West Street, Bristol, July 2021
Painted doors will always find favour with me and this blue tone piece is an absolute beauty. I think it is a portrait of Tina Turner but I can’t be sure, but Muckrock has made sure we all know who the artist is with her name displayed on the singer’s cheeks. Muckrock has such an easy and accessible style but her pieces can be quite challenging. A brilliant artist and one I would love to see back in Bristol again one day.
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