Really short on time today, but a Thursday doesn’t quite feel right without a Thursday doors post. This is a quick ramble through some already posted doors from Natural Adventures earlier this year in May and June.
Hope you enjoy them:
Ejits, North Street, Bristol, April 2021Kid Crayon and Zubieta, North Street, Bristol, May 2021Paul Monsters, Bedminster Parade, Bristol, April 20213F Fino, Leonard Lane, Bristol, May 2021The ‘six sisters’ – Bex Glover, Alex Lucas, Zoe Power, Gemma Compton, Sophie Long and Ejits, North Street, Bristol, May 2021Mr Penfold, Church Road, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 2021Kleiner Shames, Argus Road, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 21Hannah Edwards, North Street, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 21Peter Sheridan, North Street, Bristol, June 2021, Upfest 21Gage Graphics, West Street, Bristol, June 2021
So as another week passes, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy 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.
A quick one for you this week. The concluding part of my doors from Looe in Cornwall. You will notice that several of the doors have little brick walls in front of them. Looe is prone to flooding during high spring tides when they coincide with storm surges and low pressure. To prevent the water entering homes, walls and flood gates are placed in front of front doors. It is the owners of these homes that will need to be especially tuned in to climate change and the impacts of it.
So, here are the doors:
Blue door – Lobster Pot Cottage – Please mind your head, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Green door – Tiree ‘n’ Tyrina – with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Blue door – Jack’s – with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021White door with flood gate slots on either side, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Grubby back door with a chain curtain, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Three doors at Riverside hall, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Well, that just about wraps things up for another week. Have a fantastic 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.
Continuing with my second set of doors from a recent fishing trip to Looe in Cornwall.
My first impressions of Looe, formed a few years ago at the height of grockle (tourist) season, were not entirely good. Very crowded and if I am honest it all felt a bit naff. However, this October, my views were turned upside down, and I felt some affection for the place. The absence of hoards of holidaymakers meant that you could actually appreciate the town, it’s streets and buildings… and doors. So here are some more doors for you to enjoy:
Door with iron grille, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Mind your head low door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Ghost door and lintel, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Vine cottage green door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Old cottage, newish door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
One more week of these Cornish doors and then… I’m not too sure what, probably some archive doors from Bristol.
Today is Remembrance Day, so I dedicate this post to the fallen. I will not forget.
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 167 – Looe doors (see what I did there?), Cornwall – Part 1
Good morning doorsters. This week, I am returning to Cornwall for some doors I photographed during a sea fishing pilgrimage I make with a great friend every year. We spent a day fishing on the ‘banjo’ pier in the seaside town of Looe, and of course I couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a few door snaps while we were there. No fish were killed in the making of this blog post, all were returned to the sea carefully.
So here are the doors, and one or two fishing pictures to get you in the mood:
Church House door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021One, two, three fishing gear doors, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Multiple windows and door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Black door, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Seaway door and mermaid knocker, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021Fishing from banjo pier, Looe, October 2021Ballan Wrasse, Looe, October 2021
So that’s it for another week. More from this series next week, all being well. Have a great 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.
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.
A really quick one this week, as I am on a fishing holiday with an old friend in Cornwall, and today is our last day so we have to pack up, and also go for a last session. The blog, for once, needs to take a back seat.
This is the final set of Truro doors from a family trip to Cornwall back in August. Enjoy.
Blue double doors, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Door with grand lion portico, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Green door within a door, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
Arched door and steps, Truro, Cornwall, August 2021
So that is your lot for this week. All the very best 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.
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.
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