The Slindon Pumpkin Festival 2016
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Slindon Pumpkin Festival 2016 by Marathon as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Marathon Taken: 5 Nov 2016
The Slindon Pumpkin Festival has been going since 1968 and includes a different canvas each year made out of a variety of pumpkins. The one in 2016 seen here had as its theme 'Saving the bees'. See http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/02/slindon-pumpkin-festival.html and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3638094/The-pumpkin-kings-crowning-glory.html for more information and pictures.