Thanks to Carl for this picture of the pigeons spikes before they were installed above a couple of shops on the High Street

and this of the marked van. Unmarked vans are available.

It reminds me of one of my wife’s collage / paintings during the recent foundation art show at Abingdon college. All her pictures were of pigeons in urban settings in black and white.

A day or two before the exhibition she found this pigeon outside our front door, which given her obsession with pigeons did seem strange.

There were new plans for St Helen’s Wharf published on Friday. A report by some traffic consultants employed by the County Council suggest that making the Wharf two way could help the South Abingdon traffic situation. If that does happen that white arrow would go.

This road by the church would become two way, and traffic lights added to this scene,

and this ‘Pedal Cycles Access Only’ would disappear.

But in my humble opinion I’m not sure this addresses the fundamental issue.

The Grapes re-opened last Tuesday.

Not so long ago I was reporting the Grapes had re-opened. But it closed a few months later because the tapas bar for properly dressed over 21s apparently did not work.

The new owners will be welcoming ALL – including 18s and over. As they said to me, this is their livelihood.

In other words there will be more ‘Funky House’ music in Abingdon.

A few weeks back I went on a Bat and Glowworm watch with the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (as featured in the Not Abingdon Blog) … Today they were on the Market Place in Abingdon.

They even brought along some of the wildlife. As you can see we are having a very British summer.