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Semi-final place? Doorway Kandu it!
…this year the team progressed to the semi-finals. This was the first time we have ever qualified from the Round Robin stage in this competition, after a decade or so of trying.
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Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head: Doorway SleepOut 2023
“I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining” On the night of Saturday March 25th, the latest (10th) Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place, this year in John Coles Park (by […]
Come on Through (The Doorway Song)
Look! They’re playing our song! Here is a link to the wonderful Doorway song, written by our guests with Gavin Osborn, being performed by him (and…well, you’ll have to watch […]
Doorway SleepOut 2022 – “Blinded by the Light…”
“….Wrapped up in a bag, another SleepOut in the night“ On the night of Saturday February 5th, the latest (9th) biennial Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place, NOT in the churchyard […]
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall: Doorway SleepOut 2020
On the night of Saturday January 25th, the latest (8th) biennial Sponsored Doorway SleepOut took place in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Chippenham, venue for the SleepOuts since 2012. The SleepOuts are […]
Doorway Writing Group Winter 2019
We’ve had our usual fun with crosswords and have tried out a variety of word puzzles including the ever-popular word searches. Guests have said that it’s good to keep their […]
Doorway Writing Group Summer 2019
Doorway Writing Group, summer 2019 Over the last few months our guests have been continuing to engage with the group crosswords and word searches, while also trying their hand at […]
Doorway Writing Group May 2019
We had another good session at our writing group this month. The crossword we were doing in a little group had some nice old-fashioned words in it which were pretty […]
Doorway Writing Group March/April 2019
Doorway Writing Group March/April 2019 We’ve had a good few contented word searchers these last couple of sessions – especially popular was the combined gapfill and wordsearch on different types […]
Doorway Writing Group January/February 2019
Doorway Writing Group January/February 2019Our last two sessions have seen a good number of guests keen to engage with the crossword and our chosen wordsearches – most recently on the […]
Doorway Writing Group November/December 2018
Doorway Writing Group November/December 2018 Here’s just a super-quick post to round off our year with the Doorway Writing Group. The last couple of sessions have been characterised by some […]
Doorway Writing Group July/August 2018
Doorway Writing Group July/August 2018 Where does an English children’s author share letters with a mapmaker or a venomous snake cross paths with a river nymph? Well, where else but […]
Doorway Writing Group June 2018
Doorway Writing Group June 2018 This month’s session was comparatively busy. A grand total of seven guests engaged with the word searches and a selection of the crossword clues. At […]
Doorway Writing Group May 2018
Doorway Writing Group May 2018 The wordsearches on the sights of London and different types of sports were fairly popular this month and our crossword served to challenge and baffle […]
Public Poetry
Homeless and vulnerable people are not public property! Just saying ….. I’m living on the street, that does not make Me yours to feed with food I do not eat […]
Quintin’s Story
Journey into the Unknown After half a century of hard work and failed relationships, life was to come crashing down around me. Unforeseen circumstances and dubious decisions, on my part, […]
Doorway Writing Group April 2018
Doorway Writing Group April 2018This month’s word searches on wild birds and wild flowers proved quite popular and opened up a few interesting conversations: had anyone ever seen a guillemot […]
Doorway Writing Group March 2018
Writing Group March 2018A quiet session this month. With temperatures outside bitter and more snow imminent, our guests were understandably preoccupied with thoughts other than creative writing:No time for a […]