On one side of Audlett Drive are fairly modern houses. Along the other side runs an 800 metre long hedge, beyond which are fields, and Wick Hall, nowadays divided into apartments.
Follow the hedge along and you can see things cut in relief into the hedge.
Have a nice day.
At St Helens Church this afternoon there was a rehearsal.
Mendelssohn’s Elijah, will be performed tonight by the Cranford Choral Society and the Southern Sinfonia.
Last week I went to St Helen’s for a Sunday morning service, and Jane Baun, Associate Priest, spoke on the story shown in the river facing windows – all created in the 1890s. Each tells a different story of Jesus after the resurrection.
In particular she spoke on the story where Jesus appeared to the disciples when they had been fishing, and end up cooking them fish for breakfast.
Jane will be leading tours of the church as part of The Hope within us week which happens in a months time. There will be lots of events, and at the end of the week former Arch Bishop Rowan Williams will lead a morning service. Details are on the Hope within us page.
This picture was taken of the Town Crier with a quiz. The person who wins this quiz will switch on the Christmas Lights at the Extravaganza.
The quiz can be found at the Abingdon Chamber of Commerce website . It is the chance in a life time to appear alongside Jo O’Meara, Bradley McIntosh and Tina Barrett – previously of S Club 7 – now S Club 3. They will be performing, and turning on the lights with whoever wins the Abingdon S Club quiz. Still a few months for fans to visit Abingdon and find the answers. See you at the Market Place in Abingdon on Saturday 26th November 2016.
Last year the Vale of White Horse District Council (VWHDC) asked residents how they thought £500,000 should be spent to improve the Abbey Meadows. There were three schemes, but only one involved keeping the outdoor pool. The consultation turned into a campaign to keep the outdoor pool, and people voted overwhelmingly in favour of the option with the outdoor pool. So the pool is staying but does not appear to be having any major investment.
The money will be spent as follows:
Total cost £610,000 – £570,000 comes from the Vale of White Horse District Council, and £45,000 from the Old Gaol development.
Work on the new play areas and the swimming pool building is expected to start this autumn and be completed in spring 2017, but some of the smaller improvements will happen earlier in the year.
Before that, in 2016: