Roses and castles

Best viewed large.Lester and I went to the Wendover Arm Canal Festival this afternoon. Of the shots I took I chose this one for my main photo because it's about a great narrow boat custom: canal boat painting. Roses and castles are the traditional subjects used for decorating the boats.
For anyone interested in finding out about canal folk art, this looks to be a good source: http://www.canaljunction.com/narrowboat/art.htm

[Corri Palmer]

Really great colors! Sounds like a fun festival!

[Nat]

That's fantastic. I like to see stuff like this but I always get the thought that there must be a lot of maintenance to be done.

[Anita Hoyle]

Lovely to see this. When we had our boat I used to paint roses and castles ware and sell at festivals. I still have a lot of pieces around my garden. Like most of my hobbies it has gone on hold while I concentrate on 365!

[Susan Bell]

Love canal ware.

[Sarah Horsfall]

Great shot of a lovely looking boat :o)

[Jen Hudson]

Lovely capture of these paintings. I havnt seen castles before on the boats.

[Jen Hudson]

@anitahoyle Did you travel the canals on your boat or were you just moored?

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@jennywren Thank you for all your kind comments on my shots, Jen. I'm so glad you enjoyed them.

[Ariel]

This is lovely - and typical of the boats we get up my way, though there's less scenery on the sides these days. There's also often decorated ironware, buckets and the like on the roof. The canal art is something I always enjoy seeing, and you can buy souvenir items at the little boatyard in Banbury.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@mercuria This is a particularly fine example, I think. I just wish I could have got more of it into the shot.