On the Market Place in Abingdon this morning the Citizen’s Advice and NSPCC shared a stall. Here is Lorraine Oates, former Mayor, for the NSPCC; and Hilary Green, former Mayor, for Citizens Advice.
It was a lovely day. Perhaps the warmest of the year so far. The worse that could happen was that the wind blew the papers about on the stall.
Lorraine pointed out the flower bed near St Nicolas Church and how good it is looking.
Henrietta Knight, a retired racehorse trainer, will be signing her latest book The Jumping Game on Saturday 14th April 2018, at Mostly Books in Abingdon.
Later on in the day the Grand National will be run, and so I have looked at the 40 runners with an Abingdon Prism and chosen …
REGAL ENCORE – 28/1 – With the return of a cinema in Abingdon run by the Regal Evesham. The previous Abingdon cinema having been called Regal, this looks the most Abingdon horse to me.
Also ran …
GAS LINE BOY – 33/1 – The road closure in Bath Street while they put in a new Gas Line. Boy is that taking a long time!
VIEUX LION ROUGE – 28/1 – Translation in English is Old Red Lion, an old pub in the village of Drayton, only a mile from Abingdon.
Thank you to Elizabeth for this picture of the bridge being replaced at the town end of the Ock Valley Walk. The work happened yesterday. Elizabeth says she is delighted, as will be many other people, that the much loved walk is open again after a long closure.
The previous bridge was vandalised and closed almost six months ago.
As every year there is a crescent of daffodils over the River Thames from Abingdon.
Another flower that frequents the wet area under the trees is the Snake’s Head Fritillary.
New signs have recently appeared over the river saying there is three days of free mooring for boats in Abingdon-on-Thames. Cars get two hours free parking in the council carparks.