While we were staying at the campsite at Bad Hapsburg I often used to walk down to the quite amazing swimming pool complex. It was about half a mile each way, a pleasant walk downhill to get there and later a slog uphill to get back for a much needed cup of tea at the caravan !! Wet towels and costumes seem to weigh a ton with time ! I had noticed that on one section of the lane with led from a small housing estate towards the school in the main part of the town that many of the manhole covers had been artuflly decorated !! The paint had faded over time but it was still possible to make out that they were cartoon animals.
I guessed they were to entertain the children on the daily school walk - quite a fun idea as most toddlers are loath to walk any distance without some sort of encouragement and I'm sure these cute little animals would have appealed.
Well one day as I trotted once again down to the pool (while my other half went cycling halfway round Germany!!) I saw a lady with a boxfull of paints and brushes refreshing these pictures. She was basically painting over what was on the tarmac already but just making them all a lot more vivid and colourful. Great fun and a clever idea in the first place.
A bit kitsch but children just love that don't they.... and the next one is just down the road ....a little bit further on .....and what do you think we'll see next ..... ?
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