Thursday doors – 5 December 2024 – Exeter doors

Doors 288 – Doors from Exeter, Devon – Part VI, October 2023

Can it really be 5 December already? This year has whooshed by at an alarming rate, and Christmas is just around the corner. I find this time of year quite tricky. The lack of daylight I am sure sets the tone, but my work also has a peak in December, as the teams I work with want to get everything lined up before the Christmas break, and while the Christmas period might then be ‘sorted’ and quiet for them, it is far from that for me and my team. I am also preparing for a crazy busy spring, although on the upside, I am likely to be ‘on tour’ again and should have the opportunity to visit some new towns and cities and snap up a few more doors.

This is the penultimate selection from Exeter, which I have really enjoyed sharing with you. It is amazing just how much ground I covered and how many doors I photographed in a two-hour walk. Today’s doors are a bit of an eclectic mix, but pretty much presented in chronological order. Enjoy.

Exeter Castle gatehouse and gates, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Exeter Castle gatehouse and gates, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Exeter Castle gatehouse, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Exeter Castle gatehouse, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A pair of green security doors and delicate lanterns, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A pair of green security doors and delicate lanterns, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Black garage doors (once green and brick-red), Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Black garage doors (once green and brick-red), Exeter, Devon, October 2023
More of a wedge than a door, perhaps a coal bunker? Exeter, Devon, October 2023
More of a wedge than a door, perhaps a coal bunker? Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Red door at number 31 and 32, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
Red door at number 31 and 32, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A black door to a barristers chambers with a decorative tiled path, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A black door to a barristers chambers with a decorative tiled path, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A fine set of double doors and a grand doorway, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A fine set of double doors and a grand doorway, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A pair of black doors beneath a decorative awning, Exeter, Devon, October 2023
A pair of black doors beneath a decorative awning, Exeter, Devon, October 2023

This last pair of doors definitely makes it into my top ten for the year, possibly even my top three, so I expect you’ll be seeing them again in my annual round up.

As I mentioned earlier, next time will be the final selection from Exeter, before moving on to something a little different. Thank you for your patience. I hope you have a fine 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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Thursday doors – 17 August 2023

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.

Steps and gateway, Lincoln, July 2023
Steps and gateway, Lincoln, July 2023
Iron gate and blue door, Lincoln, July 2023
Iron gate and blue door, Lincoln, July 2023
Green gate and garage doors, Lincoln, July 2023
Green gate and garage doors, Lincoln, July 2023
Black door and steps, Lincoln, July 2023
Black door and steps, Lincoln, July 2023
Black door with clover leaf shaped windows, Lincoln, July 2023
Black door with clover leaf shaped windows, Lincoln, July 2023
Castellated gateways, Lincoln, July 2023
Castellated gateways, Lincoln, July 2023
Black door within a door, Lincoln, July 2023
Black door within a door, Lincoln, July 2023

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

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Thursday doors – 30 March 2023

Doors 215 – Croatia doors (part 8) – Pula leftovers

Wow, I goofed – I have been so busy this week that I thought today was Wednesday – well I was wrong. I thought I was being really clever, preparing my post this evening for tomorrow, but I was being thick/forgetful and am instead running late for today. No matter, Thursday doors is all day Thursday (at the very least) and I am well within the day.

This is the final sweep-up post of doors from our fabulous summer break last August in Croatia. Posting these doors over the last few months has been a regular reminder of just what a wonderful holiday we had. But that was then, and we have a trip to my beloved Italy lined up for this year and plenty more doors to look forward to.

So let’s get on with this final instalment of Pula doors:

Doors to the fish market, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Doors to the fish market, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Wooden doors with diamond panels, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Wooden doors with diamond panels, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Steel doors to our apartment, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Steel doors to our apartment, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Glass panelled doors, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Glass panelled doors, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Doors with fine patterns and ironwork, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Doors with fine patterns and ironwork, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Doors with glass panels and fine ironwork, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Doors with glass panels and fine ironwork, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Wide doors with glass and ironwork, Croatia, August 2023
Wide doors with glass and ironwork, Croatia, August 2023
Fancy doors and ballustraded balcony, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
Fancy doors and ballustraded balcony, Pula, Croatia, August 2023
OK, so it's not a door, but this shuttered window was too beautiful to leave out, Croatia, August 2023
OK, so it’s not a door, but this shuttered window was too beautiful to leave out, Croatia, August 2023

So farewell then happy Croatia. I hope you enjoyed this series. I am going to have to work hard on something a little bit more local for the next few weeks.

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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Doors 58

Something a little different this week. I have had trouble with door inspiration, call it door writer’s block if you like, and didn’t even manage a post last week, so made a big effort this week to go out and damn well find some doors.

Salvation came in the unexpected form of Bristol Harbour Railway rolling-stock doors (I guess they all count). BHR is a heritage railway which runs for about a mile alongside the floating harbour from the M Shed to the Create Centre (a renovated former tobacco warehouse) passing by the SS Great Britain en route.

The railway operates two steam engines, Portbury (1917) and Henbury (1937) that carry people along the Harbourside during the summer for that nostalgic smut, smoke and steam experience – a must for young families.

On the sidings just beyond the M Shed (a Bristol science/heritage museum) there are several of these wagons in varying stares of repair. Most have doors:

Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019
Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019

This red wagon is no longer operational and has been converted into a little cafe.

Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019
Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019
Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019
Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019

Two sets of doors for the price of one

Thursday Doors, Sulphuric Acid Only, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019
Thursday Doors, Sulphuric Acid Only, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019

OK, so no doors on this one but it is a stunning sulphuric acid tanker and its very recent renovation was completed on my birthday a couple of weeks back.

Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019
Thursday Doors, Bristol Harbour Railway, January 2019

I think this one might be a guard’s wagon.

So, that wraps it up for this week. Plenty more great doors at: Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0

by Scooj