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England victory
penalty ghosts laid to rest
Saka man of match
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by Scooj
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England victory
penalty ghosts laid to rest
Saka man of match
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by Scooj
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Thick frosted pastures
shimmer under pink-tinged clouds
this is my treasure
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by Scooj

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Dampness grips the air
sharp showers and prolonged rain
an English autumn
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by Scooj
Doors 230 – Lincoln City doors (Part III)
I am on holiday in Cornwall and celebrating my sister’s birthday birthday today, so this is going to be a short one. This is the third set of doors from a trip in early July I made to Lincoln. These doors are found on the approach to the Cathedral in the old part of the city at the top of the hill. It is easy to forget that there are many parts of old England that are still very much intact. I hope you enjoy this week’s selection.







That’s it until next time. Wishing you a very happy 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.
by Scooj

Doors 228 – Lincoln City doors (Part I)
Following a successful, albeit short doorscursion to York, I was fortunate enough to visit Lincoln a week or two later with work, and once again had an evening to wander around the city and collect some doors and drink in the atmosphere of an incredible city.
I have never been to Lincoln before, and I don’t think it was ever particularly on my wish-list of places to go, but having been there I can’t recommend it highly enough. Lincoln is a small city that lends its name to the county of Lincolnshire on the eastern side of England. The city boasts one of the finest cathedrals in the country, something I didn’t know about until I visited, and I was utterly blown away by its magnificence. Lincoln has a fascinating mix of architecture which appears to run in concentric layers of old to new from the castle and cathedral at the top of the hill.
The next few Thursday door posts will feature doors from Lincoln, starting with these rather unremarkable doors, close to the railway station. They get better, I promise.






There will be more from Lincoln City next week and for the next few weeks, in the meanwhile, may I wish you a very pleasant 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

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It is a cliché
the better team lost the match
so proud of the boys
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by Scooj
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Anticipation
any outcome possible
powerless, we hope
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by Scooj
I was lucky enough to meet Mest when he was painting this piece, just a couple of days before the Italy v England Euro 21 cup final. Perhaps the less said about the result of that match, the better, although being an Italophile, losing to the Italians wasn’t so bad.

Mest wasn’t at all what I expected, but then I can’t think of a single artist who looked anything like I thought they might before I met them. His simple large letters in white are embellished with a large red cross through the middle to create a Mestivellian St George cross, The whole thing neatly bound with a black and blue border. A nice patriotic football piece. I must be getting close to having enough of his work for a gallery.
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Dark clouds lingering
England put under the sword
Saka my hero
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by Scooj
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This Italophile
makes no apologies for
cheering on England
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by Scooj