Squashes at the Slindon Pumpkin Festival 2019
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Squashes at the Slindon Pumpkin Festival 2019
Image: © Marathon Taken: 19 Oct 2019
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 2019 seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6303326 had as its theme 'Stop the Plastic Tide'. Alyjough it is called a Pumpkin Festival there is a wide variety of squashes and gourdes as seen here. 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.
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Image Location
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