I’ve posted about canal boat doors before – I like their miniature size and the variety of different ways that people choose to personalise their boats. Living near to the Grand Union Canal, I often walk along it, and you get to know the boats that regularly moor in your area. When I wrote my last post, there was one boat missing I’d hoped to photograph – however, the other week I saw it, moored a little further along, flower-painted doors open to the sunshine.
‘Our’ section of canal has some wide calm stretches, perfect when there’s no-one else around, the light and shade quite glorious. So here’s a bonus photo – no doors in this one, just some lovely reflections.
This is my entry for this week’s Thursday Doors Challenge, courtesy of Norm 2.0. For more doors, or to add one of your own, visit Norm’s site and click the link.
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Helen Glynn Jones 
I love photos of the canal boats. They’re so foreign to an American. They look like they’d be a fun writing office for a season.
I think they’d be a great writing office for a season or more – there is so much to see along the canals. Plus they look super cosy inside š
When I’m rich I’ll rent one for a year and tour whilst writing.
That sounds like a capital plan!
I’d quite like to live on a narrow boat…
I think it would be fascinating, being able to travel around whenever you pleased…
Especially at that speed, and for the most part surrounded by such beauty…
A chance to escape the world for a while – no roads, no wires…
Sounds good to me…
A lovely door indeed. Thanks for sharing these Helen š
Thanks, Norm! I do love these little canal boat doors š I also loved your post as well, you found some wonderful doors in Atlanta.
Nice, brings back memories of the Amsterdam Canal Tour.
Thank you š Yes, canal boats are quite a European thing, aren’t they? I remember seeing them in Amsterdam too.
Now that’s a door with personality as well as beauty. We spent part of a day on a boat like this in France a few summers ago and it was wonderful.
janet
Thanks, Janet š It’s a cute door, isn’t it? And your boat day in France sounds wonderful – it’s something I haven’t done here yet, but I’d like to.