England’s Thursday “Doors”

One of my favourite things to do after a trip is look at the photos. So it’s no surprise I then pull it into a ThrowbackThursday post. This one features the “doors” of England.

It’s a rather lose use of the word “doors,” though. Although I guess some of them qualify, although perhaps the goal posts don’t. These are all the doors we saw in Birmingham at our outting to the soccer, aka football match. The building is a local school that opens the parking lot for a “small fee.”

We also spent about 4 hours in downtown Oxford on our way north. Most of it was spent eating supper but we did manage to see a few cool buildings. I just love this store front. The door is a basic glass one, hidden by cousin Keith, but the windows are superb. The clothing store, established in 1689, specializes in the clothing of an Oxford scholar.

There were a lot of miles and not a lot of walking on this portion, so I didn’t end up with as many doors as I would have liked. We did drink at 3 pubs, and while I got some interior shots, I didn’t get any of the exteriors.

I did get a shot of the exterior doors at the Devizes market. It is a medieval market town that received its charter in 1141, and this Shambles Market building is old, although I didn’t sort out how old. It’s recently been refurbished.

The other “doors” we saw while in Devizes were the lock doors. Again, these aren’t traditional doors, but technically, they are doors. There are 28 locks coming into and out of the town on the Avon river. I’ve long been fascinated by the canal system in England and dream of someday doing a longboat vacation.

We spent some time beside the locks prior to meeting up with Deb and The Mathematician. Then we sat and had drinks right beside it. So much work to go not very far slowly. Deb and Grant in the photo are sitting on the balance beam that holds the winding gears for opening the sluice gate (aka a door).

So who wants to meet me in England for a longboat vacation?

Bernie

PS lots more ThrowbackThursday posts about the trip yet to come.