Skull & crossbones flag

The pirates' flag flies proudly over this canal boat as it sails through Tixall along the Trent & Mersey canal.

Pirates are quite colourful these days, but seem law-abiding at least. Well, in Staffordshire anyway...

Skull & crossbones

The skull-and-crossbones is one of the favourite flags of convenience flown by canal boat owners on local waterways. I spotted this one near Penkridge.
I presume it means that all boarders will be repelled with force…!