Doors 147 – At last some doors from a recent wander in Bristol
Many of the doors that I photograph are from exploratory walks in my endeavours to seek out street/graffiti art that I have not seen before. These expeditions require me to go to places that I have never been to, and I found these gems in a light-industrial estate in Bedminster. It was a gorgeous day and the world felt good.
Two shabby doors for the price of one, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021Old iron door, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021Door within a door, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021Nicely paired doors, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021Several repairs on these doors, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021Beware of the dogs, No Parking, door within a door, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021
All in all a good walk, and I found some street art that I have been searching for for months leaving me a very happy person. That’s yer lot for this week, have a fabulous weekend wherever you are.
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 had to do a bit of a trawl through my Thursday doors folder to dig these forgotten doors out, and am rather pleased that I did, because I have overlooked them for far too long. Hoping to get some fresh doors soon, but until then we will have to make do with this rather random selection of photographs from Bristol taken in 2018 and 2019.
Wingman barbers door with doorfie, Christmas Steps, Bristol, June 2019Bristol South Baths, Entrance doors, Bristol, May 2019
This is where my son trained to become a lifeguard.
Haberfield House gate, Hotwells, Bristol, March 2019
Those steps could do with a sweep.
Beautifully carved triple door, the Centre, Bristol, March 2019Heavy iron door, Bedminster, Bristol July 2018Animated post box door, Bristol, May 2018
With a fair wind and a bit of time I hope to go on a few doorscursions soon, but at least I am working through my back-catalogue which has needed a bit of tidying up.
Have a great weekend, wherever you are.
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 145 – Just some doors dotted around Bristol that took my fancy
I so desperately want to post some magnificent doors from a stately home or National Trust property or something like that, but I still haven’t been out much, so I am stuck with the ordinary everyday doors from around Bristol. Here we go for another Bristol doorscursion:
Door and steps, Saint Phillips, Bristol, April 2021Two graffiti doors, Stokes Croft, Bristol, April 2021
Door within a door, Bristol, April 2021Sliding doors, Easton, Bristol, April 2021DNT, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, April 2021Bricked up door with the original gate intact, Bedminster, Bristol, April 2021
The weather is improving and lockdown is easing, so it shouldn’t be too long before I can get out and about for some fresh doors. Overseas holiday doors though are still a distant dream which is a pity… patience is a virtue.
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 144 – Archive street/graffiti art doors from last year
Already we are well in to April, over a year on from the first England lockdown, and apart from local doors, I haven’t been on a proper doorscursion in all that time. I am ultra busy this week, so these archive street art doors will have to do. Soon I will get out to find some new doors – I can’t wait.
In the meantime here are some street art doors originally published on Natural Adventures in August last year:
Little doors on a garden wall in Redland, Bristol, August 2020Silent Hobo, Hammersmith Road, Bristol, August 2020Kin Dose, North Street, Bristol, July 2020Kleiner Shames, Moon Street, Bristol, August 2020Taboo, Moon Street, Bristol, August 2020Silent Hobo, Belmont Street, Bristol, July 20203Dom, Upper Sandhurst Road, Bristol, August 2020
Aah! those glorious sunny days. I have a plan for my next Thursday doors, but it will depend on whether or not I have time to get out and take some pictures.
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 143 – April Fools’ Day – some central Bristol doors.
Some of you may have seen reports of unrest being reported in Bristol over the last week or two. Such is the nature of the press in the UK at the moment that you’d think the whole of the city was in flames, and violent protesters lurk on every corner. It just isn’t like that.
There have been four protests now where citizens have taken to the streets to object to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill which is passing through parliament right now. This bill along with others coming from the hard-line right-wing Home Secretary Priti Patel seeks to restrict human rights further and by doing so, cement central control over the people she is there to serve. The first protest ended with violent exchanges which is so deeply sad, because of the damage it did to the purpose of the protest.
You get what you vote for, and sadly it seems that people who voted for this Government have been happy to see our public services brought to its knees through the policy/ideological choice of austerity; our exit from a powerful trading partnership and the freedoms to work in and participate fully as citizens of Europe; a clamping down on our right to protest peacefully; a reduction in our overseas development budget at a time when wealthy countries should be stepping up and not stepping back; an Australian-style immigration system proposed to keep ‘illegal’ immigrants out of the country unless they have documentation that their lives are at risk (impossible for people whose lives are at risk… think about it); a perfunctory recognition that climate change is really important because we are hosting the COP 26 conference in Glasgow this year, not forgetting that many serving in this Government were climate sceptics only a few years ago, and some still are; a jaw-droppingly incompetent response to the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 126,000 people who have died from this deadly disease and a clown at the helm with nothing more important to himself than himself.
I would love to say at this point that I am only joking and that the above paragraph is an April Fools’ Day piece, but it isn’t, it is real, and it is our future. It is no wonder some people want to protest, and it is no surprise that this Government want to suppress any kind of objection or resistance or anything that might expose them as anything other than brilliant. Unfortunately they have Rupert Murdoch on their side and the full weight of his media holdings which makes it much easier for them to sway public opinion.
Oops… I appear to have gone off-topic, but I feel much better for sharing. I hadn’t intended to ‘go there’ but it just started to spill out. The point I was going to make was that the protests have ended up in one street, Bridewell Street, which is only a stone’s throw away from where all these doors are. Most of these doors are now entrances to pubs or restaurants where once stood banking and finance establishments. Our city centres are ever evolving and a further evolution is set to take place as many businesses leave their offices and commercial premises in favour of ‘working from home’ models.
I hope you enjoy my doors more than my rant, but both would be doubly satisfying… here they are:
Blue door, Clare Street, Bristol, March 2021
Stunning door surround, Clare Street, Bristol, March 2021
Boys door, St John’s Steep, Bristol, March 2021
Metal and leaded window door, Bristol, March 2021
Carved wooden door and ornate surround, Clare Street, Bristol, March 2021
Garage door to Electricity House, Christmas Street, Bristol, March 2021
That’s it for this week, and I’ll try to steer clear of politics in the future – have a wonderful Easter/Passover 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.
In recent weeks I have managed to get out for walks around Bristol, but have struggled to find new and interesting doors… things will be so much easier once lockdown restrictions are lifted. This is an eclectic selection of doors photographed while out on street art hunting forays. I hope you enjoy them.
Graffiti door, City Road, Bristol, March 2021
Fleece side door, Bristol, March 2021
The Fleece door, Bristol, March 2021
Back gate door, Bristol, Maarch 2021
Beware of the dog, makeshift door, Bristol, March 2021
Bull at a gate, Door, M32 cycle path, Bristol, March 2021
So that is another week gone and another week closer to a new normal. I wish you all the very best of weekends, and to those of you in the northern hemisphere an enjoyable emergence of spring.
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.
This week I have compiled a little collection of doors that have been tagged with a Mr Bloopy. These tags can be found absolutely everywhere Bristol, not only on doors, so this is a very small subset of these happy-go-lucky tags. One or two have appeared on Thursday doors before, but never in a collection like this. Enjoy.
Mr Bloopy door, Bristol, July 2019
Mr Bloopy door, Bristol, March 2021
Mr Bloopy door, Bristol, February 2017
Mr Bloopy door, Bristol, March 2021
Mr Bloopy door, Bristol, March 2019
Mr Bloopy tag on a knackered old door, Bristol, July 2020
Tagged door (that tag again), St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2020
Tagged door, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2019
Another busy week for me so I’m afraid that’s yer lot. Enjoy the emerging spring (those of you in the Northern Hemisphere) and let’s look forward to some pro[er door action soon.
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 140. A further look back at some archive street/graffiti art doors
Another extraordinarily busy week has left me with no time to photograph or organise any doors. So I am ripping off some doors previously posted on Natural Adventures for you to enjoy. These doors previously appeared in June and July last year although some were photographed before that.
Tagged door (that tag again), St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2020
Nevergiveup, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2020
Two doors and street art, St Pauls, Bristol, May 2020
Back yard gate with graffiti, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
Back yard gate with graffiti, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020
So that’s all the time I can spare for Thursday Doors this week, my apologies.
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 139 – Once again it is some random doors from Bristol
I have a big work squeeze today, so a very short post from me. A mixture of Bristol doors. Some from last week, others from the May lockdown last year… how things are dragging on.
I hope you enjoy this little selection:
Red door with three glass panels, Bristol, April 2020 Church door with (extra) large hinges, St Agnes, Bristol, May 2020 Ashley Green door, Montpelier, Bristol, May 2020 Double doors, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2020 Mr Penfold door, St Phillips, Bristol, February 2021 Red back gate, Devon Road, Bristol, February 2021
So that’s your lot for this week. Sorry for the brevity.
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 138 – even more (again) random doors from Bristol
Well I am still using up my reserves of photographs of doors taken while walking around Bristol. I long for a trip to a different town or a stately home to capture some new and interesting doors, but for now I’ll just have to make do with what I have got.
This really is a random set, in no particular order and from no particular area of Bristol. I hope you enjoy them.
Door with ornate entrance way, Bristol, December 2020
Corrugated iron gate, Boiling Wells Lane, Bristol, December 2020
Farm Gate, Boiling wells Lane, Bristol, December 2020
Utility box painted with a flower, Bristol, October 2020
Lock Gates at the entrance to the floating harbour, Bristol, October 2020
Mr Bloopy tag on a knackered old door, Bristol, July 2020
I fully expect that next week will feature a bunch more of these random doors, but a little part of me hopes to find some new ones over the next few days.
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.
