Barnitts Clock, York

Barnitts is a hardware, homeware and gardening store close to the heart of the city of York. Over the years it has grown in size, taking over various neighbouring shops and extending the range of goods it supplies. It has also become something of a maze to wander around!

On it's exterior wall is this attractive clock, and a couple of interesting features. On top of the clock is a hammer and nail, obviously an indication of the shops origins as a hardware shop.

Below the clock is a cat, one of over twenty sculptures of cats on buildings around the city centre. A cat trail is available from the Cat Gallery on Low Petergate, or can be downloaded. I've never done the trail, but I do occasinally discover new cats I haven't spotted before, and the one in this shot is one of those.

Ian

[Peter Dulis]

times up .... nice catch :)

[Jesika]

Like you I haven’t done the cat trail...next year...soon i’ll run out of capable years. Sad to say I never noticed this cat.

[Margaret Brown]

Well spotted, nice textures and find!

[Casablanca]

I knew this was yours before I scrolled down! Super

[Bri]

Terrific shot

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this interesting display with the brick background

[KoalaGardens🐨]

how funny

[Pyrrhula]

Great find of the funny cat statue and beautiful old clock.

[bkb in the city]

Great looking clock

[Kathy A]

Such a beautiful clock! It would be fun to wander around looking at all the cats

[Dione Giorgio]

Very striking clock and superb capture. The cat trail sounds interesting.

[Pat]

The grand old clock against the brick creates a fabulous shot and the cat is just great. Fav.

[Fisher Family]

@pdulis @jesika2 @craftymeg @casablanca @bybri @seattlite @koalagardens @pyrrhula @bkbinthecity @kjarn @sangwann @pattyblue

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreiated.

Perhaps as the lockdown lifts I will get to do the cat trail and have more shots of the cats to share with you.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@casablanca

I think you might recognise the next one too!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@jesika2 These cats are quite elusive - there are over twenty, and I probably know the locations of about half of them. Could be a summer project to find the rest?

Ian