Signage

One of the pure joys of traveling is encountering signage that really truly only makes sense in the particular context of that region, culture or moment. Many of the signs I stumbled upon in England left me puzzled (what is a potato jacket or a flapjack?- I did soon learn) or made me burst out laughing (“do not wash or dry any animal things”- taped on the wall in the Kirkby Stephen launderette). I hope you enjoy this collection of signs that greeted us on the trail, in shop windows, in our B and B, in subways, etc. I’m sure that the Brits would have just as much fun with our signage as we do with theirs!