Doors 313 – Leicester, Leicestershire (part III) – May 2024
This is the final selection of doors from a visit I made to Leicester with work in May 2024. I did however return in June 2024 and captured a whole load more doors, but I will save these for another day. While Leicester is the sort of city that you drive past or have to have a good reason to go there, it has an interesting history and special culture all of its own, and the surrounding countryside is quite beautiful.
I hope you enjoy the final selection in this series:
Arrivals gateway at Leicester Station, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Ornate Indian restaurant door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Gate and black door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Ordinary door to the thinnest of buildings, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Fancy doorway with as utilitarian door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Grey door to the disused Carron Buildings, Rutland Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Three doors into the Secular Society secular hall, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Ghost door on the weighbridge toll collector’s house, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024Large arched door with ornate balcony, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Well that’s it for another week and the end of this visit to Leicester. Something different to come 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.
Werm, River Avon, Bristol, February 2026Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2026Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2026Werm, M32 Spot, Bristol, December 2025Werm, Purdown, Bristol, November 2025Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2025Werm, Greenbank, Bristol, March 2025Werm and Scrapyardspec, River Avon, Bristol, July 2025Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2025Werm, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2025Werm, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2025Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, April 2025Werm and Zake, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2025Werm, River Avon, Bristol, March 2025Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, March 2025Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2025Werm, River Avon, Bristol, January 2025Werm, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, January 2025Werm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, December 2024Werm, River Avon, Bristol, December 2024Werm, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024Werm, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2024Werm, River Avon, Bristol, September 2024Zake and Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024Werm, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, August 2024Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2024Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2024Werm, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2024Werm, Greenbank, Bristol, February 2024Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024Werm, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2024Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, December 2023Werm, The Paintworks, Bristol, October 2023Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2023Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2023Werm, New Stadium Road, Bristol, September 2023Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2023Werm, St John’s Lane, Bristol, June 2023Daz Cat, Werm and Kool Hand, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2023Werm, Greenbank, Bristol, June 2023Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2023Werm, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2023Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023Werm, River Avon, Brtistol, May 2023Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2023Werm. River Avon, Bristol, March 2023Werm, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2023Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023Werm, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022Werm, River Avon, Bristol, December 2022Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2022Werm and 3F Fino, Chatterton Square, BristolWerm, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2022Werm, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2022Werm, River Avon, Bristol, March 2022Werm, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, February 2022Werm, Greenbank, Bristol, January 20223F fino and Werm, Devon Road, Bristol, January 20223F fino and Werm (Eman), Cumberland Basin, Bristol, December 2021Werm (Eman), Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2021Eman, River Avon, Bristol, October 2021Eman, River Avon, Bristol, September 2021Eman, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, September 2021Eman, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2021Eman, River Avon, Bristol, June 2021Eman, River Avon, Bristol, June 2021Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2021Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, June 2021Evey and Eman, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2021Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2021Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2021Eman, New Stadium Road, Bristol, May 2021Eman, New Stadium Road, Bristol, May 2021Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2021Eman, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2021Eman, Brunel Way, Bristol, April 2021Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2020Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2020Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, December 2020Eman, M32 cycle path, Bristol, November 2020
Doors 312 – Leicester, Leicestershire (part II) – May 2024
This is a second selection of doors from Leicester, a city I visited for the first time in May 2024. I was there for work, but made the most of my overnight stay to explore the city and naturally take some door photographs.
Leicester is not a ‘honey pot’ city that you would necessarily choose as a holiday destination, but it has its own distinctive history, heritage and charm, and is surrounded by some beautiful Leicestershire countryside.
These doors are the middle selection of three, I hope you enjoy them:
You have to love doors within doors like this one, Leicester, May 2024Grey door with interesting panelling, Leicester, May 2024Two fine black doors, Leicester, May 2024Ornate door and large lamp, Leicester, May 2024Sumptuous deep red doors, Leicester, May 2024Street art door, Leicester, May 2024Entrance to Royal Arcade, with doors aplenty, Leicester, May 2024Haymarket memorial clock tower with gated arches, Leicester, May 2024Haymarket memorial clock tower with gated arches, Leicester, May 2024
So that’s it for this week, with one more selection from Leicester, although that isn’t quite true, because I returned to the city a couple of months later, with my team in to visit the new Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve which had just been declared and was the purpose of my visit on this occasion, so expect a second set of doors from Leicester in due course.
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 311 – Leicester, Leicestershire (part I) – May 2024
One of the main reasons that I am enjoying my work so much at the moment is that I get to travel around the country helping teams and partnerships declare new National Nature Reserves. These NNRs are the lesser-know sibling of National Parks and National Landscapes (formerly Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)). There are about 220 NNRs in England, and they are the country’s best places for nature.
There is a Government target to create 25 new significant NNRs over a five-year period, and we are in the second year of rolling this out. In May 2024, a new National Nature Reserve was declared called Bradgate Park, which is a ten-minute drive outside Leicester. I was lucky enough to be there at the launch event and stayed the night before in Leicester – naturally it was an opportunity to photograph some doors. This is the first selection of doors from that visit:
Door and gable end to Grade I listed Leicester Guildhall, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Door to Grade I listed Leicester Guildhall, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Blue door and sprinkler stop valve, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Main door to Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Door to Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Old wooden door and glass panels, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Wide old door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
While Leicester Cathedral isn’t much to write home about, the guildhall next door is a pretty special building. More to come from this trip to Leicester 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.
Doors 310 – Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, September 2023
This week I am taking you to a sleepy Lincolnshire town, once a celebrated seaside destination, but now a faded Victorian haunt where poverty and deprivation is intermingled with former prosperity.
I was lucky enough to visit Cleethorpes in September 2023 for the launch of the first of 25 new National Nature Reserves (NNR) being declared over a period of five years called the King’s Series in celebration of King Charles III coming to the throne. These National Nature Reserves are bigger, better and more joined up, allowing nature to overspill into surrounding areas. This first one (the Lincolnshire Coronation Coast NNR) spans a long stretch of the Lincolnshire coast adjacent to urban areas, providing opportunities for people to easily connect with nature on their own doorstep. It incorporated some already well established nature reserves, such as Donna Nook, famous for its seals.
While I was stopping over, I managed to get a long walk under my belt and snapped a few doors, which is pretty much my modus operandi wherever I go these days. I hope you enjoy these doors, and of course the mandatory English Victorian seaside town pier.
Cleethorpes Pier, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Victoria Hotel Garage doors, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Door and fine doorway to the re-purposed Cleethorpes Post Office, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Rather forlorn Beach Nightclub doors, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Pub door with a wonderful Tetley’s lamp, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Abdul’s wonderfully themed restaurant door, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Classic seaside town door and house frontage, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
A nice pair of red doors, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Superb blue door and Victorian gable fronted porch, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
The Mermaid fish and chips restaurant, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Doorway into the Mermaid fish and chips restaurant, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Classic seaside town beachfront food stall, shuttered up, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Before I went to Cleethorpes, my expectations were quite low, generally it is considered to be an ‘eyebrow raising’ moment when you tell anyone you are going to Cleethorpes, but I have to say I rather fell in love with the place. The coastline with its marshes is spectacular, the seafront shops and guest houses, and there is something rather wistful about the place.
I’m not sure where I’m going for Thursday doors next time – it’ll have to be a surprise.
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 309 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part IX), September 2024
The day has arrived, after a bit of a false start. This is the last in my series of doors from Copenhagen. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy my mini-break in the capital city of Denmark, but I have also enjoyed reliving it through posting this series of Thursday doors – a weird kind of vicarious experience, in which I had been the protagonist. Is that a thing?
These doors were the last I photographed during my trip, so they are not ‘odds and ends’, even though they are quite an eclectic selection.
In truth, I am also looking forward to posting doors from other towns and cities – I have so many in my archive and I am impatient to share them with you.
I hope that you enjoy this last hurrah from wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen.
Side door of Kristkirken (Christchurch?), Enghave Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Nicely framed door and window, Tondergade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Three doors and a big bird, Sundevedsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Green doors, bicycles and a sassy onlooker, Kingosgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024 (This is my favourite photograph in the whole series)
Double doors, bicycles and a fine surround, Sindshvilevej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Doors of Hellig Kors Kirk, Kapelvej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Unusual green door and beautiful bricks, Struenseegade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Grand green doors in Vendersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Just about a door as an excuse to show the common mode of transport in the city, Vendersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Austere corporate door, Vester Farimagsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Doors of the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
So there we have it. I wave a fond farewell to a city that I would highly recommend to anyone. A clean, diverse, happy, historic, beautiful and somehow ‘good’ city.
Something a little different 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.
Doors 308 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part VIII), September 2024
I made a mistake last week. Today is not my last post from Copenhagen, it is in fact definitely the penultimate post and next time will be the last one – I promise.
I am getting a little overwhelmed with work and real life distractions, but my blog is my safe space where I can exercise a little mindfulness and calm, for me. I try to make time and space to write every day, and even though some of it is absolute nonsense, it is a great discipline. I say all this, to try and explain my error last week. It is, however, trivial and unimportant.
This week’s doors are from a slightly less affluent area of Copenhagen and is a series of graffiti doors. My knowledge of Danish street/graffiti artists is negligible, so I won’t even try to identify them. I do like the way doors are used in this way, whether it is high-end art or simply tagging, it adds a layer of story to the doors. I hope you enjoy them.
Rex and Bobby door, Estlandsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Heavily tagged doors Viktoriagade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Tagged steps, entrance and door, Dybbolsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Three sets of doors, Ullerupgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Tagged door with a rather nice owl in the middle, Amerikavej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
So much tagging going on with these institution doors, Kapelvej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Fabulous character painted on basement doors, Kapelvej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Yellow bird and double doors (I saw a lot of this bird character on my visit), Norrebrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
While I recognise that this selection of doors might not be everyone’s cup of tea, they further illustrate a different aspect of how doors are seen and used. Next time, I will be bidding a fond farewell to the doors of Copenhagen, I hope to see you then.
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 307 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part VII), September 2024
Eek! I have had quite a disrupted week this week, spending Monday and Tuesday in Leeds/Bradford/Saltaire, and I have lost my rhythm. I can’t believe it is already Thursday, and naturally I am ill prepared for Thursday Doors, other than that I clearly have a vast archive of doors in the pipeline. Furthermore, I had forgotten that Dan is having a rest from Thursday Doors this week, but that he will be including submissions in his Sunday roundup.
Today’s selection of doors I think will be the penultimate entry from Copenhagen, and I am already looking forward to which doors to follow up with. This week’s doors are from the North West and West of Copenhagen, continuing along the banks of the artificial lakes and into some rather more Bohemian areas of the city. Here we go:
Community sharing spaces with rather tatty doors, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Red door for clothes swapping and sharing space, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Yellow door for book swapping, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Street library with glass doors, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
The perfect door and bicycle combination, Ewaldsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Wonderful blue door ‘Brandvej’ = fire lane, Ewaldsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Beautifully framed door with window above, Ewaldsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Stunning door surround, Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Black doors in an arched doorway, Viktoriagade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Fine blue door with a kick board and glass panels, Sonder Boulevard, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Although the variety of doors in Copenhagen is vast, as vast as any other city, there is a distinct local style, particularly in the architecture surrounding the doors, that is so different from our doors in England, and elsewhere. The joy of Thursday Doors, vive la différence.
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.
Natural adventures 