By this time next week there will no longer be a 35A bus. From Sunday it will be replaced by the X2.

Notices at the stops say “Buses on route 35A… will be replaced by new city X2 running direct between Oxford and Abingdon via the A34 and Oxford Road… “

The 35A has long been the bus connecting South Abingdon with the world beyond. It follows a circuitous route through Radley and Kennington to Oxford, or to Milton Park and Didcot.

The new X2 will be a direct route to Oxford – something South Abingdon has long needed. The bus also continues to go to Didcot for people needing Milton Park, Didcot Power Station, or Didcot Girls School.

New timetables for the X2, and re-timed 35, were available on the bus for the first time today, and from the oxford bus company website. Regarding the 35, which still follows the old route from Abingdon to Oxford via Radley, notices say “… delays will be reduced because there will be no knock-on effect from south of Abingdon.“

It happened over the weekend.

This skip of junk once sat outside the Kings Head and Bell.

Some of the contents are now part of a Children’s Art Exhibition, not far from Abingdon at Sutton Courtney Abbey.

A Hippo has been made from a Vacuum Cleaner, and an Elephant from a bent gas pipe.

Just be careful what you throw out in case it comes back to bite you!!!

Two days of blue sky.

Everyone went down to the River on Saturday and Sunday. The Open Air Pool was packed. People were swimming in the Thames.

And on Bank Holiday Monday… A cloudy start but the sun is coming through.