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Junction of Bath Street from Broad Street

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We are approaching Bath Street from Broad Street on a fair May evening.

This pedestrian way connects the town centre with Park Road and Bath Street to the west of Abingdon and the Stratton Way bus stops.

This town notice board was installed a couple of years ago and is getting a fuller range of fliers in 2022. I read somewhere that the Friends of Abingdon are helping to put up the fliers. It used to be something the residents’ parking warden might do.

The flower bed still has the overwintering poppies. But they and some wallflowers will soon be replaced with summer bedding plants.

Announcing St. Michael’s Dog Cafe and The Melstock Choir

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St. Michael’s Dog Cafe, which operates every Sunday morning from 11-12 in Park Road, caters for dog walkers and their pooches in Albert Park. The home-baked dog treats (using a recipe from the Battersea dogs’ home!) are free; tea, coffee, and cakes are sold to owners.

It was launched at the end of April and got off to a good start,

A costume presentation of music, song and spoken word, with early and modern instruments, will take place at The Unicorn Theatre on 15th May. The Shepherd’s Calendar follows the festivities of the rural year from winter through spring and summer to harvest-time, with the words of Thomas Hardy, John Clare and the Dorset poet William Barnes introducing songs and instrumental music.

Birdsong after rain

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This afternoon, there was a rain shower that sent many people looking for shelter.

People stood at the back of the County Hall undercroft as rain blew in at the front

The rain soon cleared, and I took this video of the garden at St Ethelwolds House with the sound of birdsong after the rain.