Thursday, June 19, 2008

Cosmo (on Queen's Square)
Milsom Street Pig (Of course, being a child of the sixties I could say this picture contains two pigs, but I have the utmost respect for our Constables On Patrol.)
Bubbles (in front of the Bath Spa, of course!)
Paradise (pig hanging from the giant tree in Abbey Green)
Roger (next to one of the few remaining hexagonal pillar boxes in the UK)
Happy (in front of Holburn Art Museum)
Rattus Rattus (not a pig)
In search of Bladud's pigs. . .
During the spring and summer, brightly painted pigs are appearing all over Bath. This is to celebrate the legend of Bladud, who was a Celtic King whose leprosy was cured in the healing warm springs that made Bath famous and make it such a tourist attraction today. I went out to photograph a sampling of the pigs that are now appearing all over the city. Most have names and I have included them for your edification.






3 comments:

Abby said...

I like Happy.

The Old Curmudgeon said...

A Poem:

Rattus, Rattus

Not a pig!

Rattus, R-A-T-T-U-S

With...

Ron Garner said...

Not let's see. What rhymes with pig?