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Puddles, Sodden Leaves and Rotting Roots in Albert Park

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Walk in Park
Rain continues to fall in Abingdon. There were puddles at the sides of roads, including Park Road.
Walk in Park
The persistent rainfall had created a larger puddle inside one park entrance.
Walk in Park
There was a deeper soakaway outside the other entrance.
Walk in Park
Sodden leaves hung from trees.
Walk in Park
Although I could not see rotting tree roots underground, something has given food to the toadstools that have recently risen in clumps. Somebody saw me taking this picture and asked me if they were edible.

I said, ‘I wouldn’t risk it.’

Last Saturday (Abingdon Cuts Plastic) This Saturday (Guide Dogs in the rain)

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Against Plastic
Last Saturday Abingdon Cuts Plastic were having a small clean-up. Numbers were restricted, because of Covid-19, to 6 in canoes and 6 on land.

They were doing it as part of the Surfers Against Sewage 6 week Plastic Protest, which started on 5th September and ends on 18th October. SAS are lobbying MPs to include in the Environment Bill, that all businesses set plastic reduction targets. They need as many people as possible to show they support this idea.
Against Plastic
Also they want people to photograph “evidence” of branded rubbish that’s ended up as litter, and send it to SAS. Instagram has lots of #returntooffender pictures.

Anne, who sent me the pictures, told me that they found:
* lots of Budweiser bottles in the Abbey Grounds
* 6 sackfuls of non-recyclable waste
* 4 large sackfuls of recyclable waste
The most unusual find was an ancient car horn.
Against Plastic
It rained a lot of yesterday and it has rained a lot of today and the forecast has a high probability of rain for most of next week. Cars had their lights on at midday today.
Against Plastic
Despite the rain, Guide Dogs went ahead with a stall on Abingdon Market Place. New Guide Dog training did stop for a couple of months at the start of the pandemic and restarted in June. This did mean a longer wait for some people needing a replacement Guide Dog.

Abingdon Community Fridge – reminder

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Abingdon Community Fridge
Thankyou to Margaret for a reminder on the work of Abingdon Community Fridge.

Abingdon Community Fridge is alive and well and thriving.   It combats food waste by collecting surplus food from local supermarkets and redistributing to the community.   The fridge is open to all and is located at Abingdon Health & Wellbeing Centre, Audlett Drive, OX14 3GD..   Its opening times are currently Mondays 6 – 7pm, Wednesdays 10.30 – 11.30 am and Saturdays 10.30 – 1130 am.
Abingdon Community Fridge
Contents vary depending on supermarket surplus, but there is usually lots of bread, fruit and vegetables available.  It is always useful to check the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/abingdoncommunityfridge/)

Fairly Major Tree Felling

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Ben has just sent in another tree story. He reports a fairly major tree felling going on in the Albert Park yesterday afternoon. This affected trees near the park depot.
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Today was the 1st of October. I visited the park at about 8:30 am, and I could not see much sign of the previous day’s tree felling as the logs had been removed.
Abingdon
There was some sawdust, and the tree with the kinky horizontal branch had lost some kinks.
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Otherwise things were as to be expected at this time of year. Leaves are turning from green to brown. If money grew on trees, we’d soon be raking it in.