Ah...Easter school holidays, a bit of sunshine, blossom suddenly bursting out...must be time for an ice-cream. Well, how fortunate - the ice-cream boat has sailed into town! I have not noticed this in years before, but it looked to be doing a good trade as I passed by on my way home from work. They were selling ice-cream, drinks and cakes. This is generally quite a busy spot in Saltaire, at the entrance to Roberts Park and at the point where you can get down from Victoria Road onto the canal towpath. The boat was called "Arr Gee Bargies" or something similar. It is a wide-bodied barge rather than the traditional narrow-boat.
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Saturday, 10 April 2010
Ice cream boat
Ah...Easter school holidays, a bit of sunshine, blossom suddenly bursting out...must be time for an ice-cream. Well, how fortunate - the ice-cream boat has sailed into town! I have not noticed this in years before, but it looked to be doing a good trade as I passed by on my way home from work. They were selling ice-cream, drinks and cakes. This is generally quite a busy spot in Saltaire, at the entrance to Roberts Park and at the point where you can get down from Victoria Road onto the canal towpath. The boat was called "Arr Gee Bargies" or something similar. It is a wide-bodied barge rather than the traditional narrow-boat.
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Your local canal looks like a great place for photos. I guess the width of the barge limits his movements.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea (and no tinkly music required).
ReplyDeleteThats neat much more interesting than our ice cream vans.
ReplyDeleteYou had an interesting visitor yesterday, have a look at Cindy's interesting visitor:
http://www.artistsblog.com.au/2010/04/09/do-i-prefer-pesky-pythons-or-slithery-snakes/
What a nice idea--love the ice cream boat!
ReplyDeleteA very "cool" idea!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so colorful and like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteOh how delightful!!! ~Lili
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