Many hundreds of MGs from around the UK and beyond converge on Abingdon to revisit their place of manufacture, and to view the MG exhibition at the County Hall Museum. This particular group are from Milton Keynes in nearby Buckinghamshire. If you ask what most MGs want in their lives, the answer could well be “MG Go Home.“

The annual spring rowing event, staged by the Abingdon rowing club, is one thing I don’t see advertised in Abingdon, but it brings in ‘those in the know’ from places like Marlow, Maidenhead, Henley, Reading, Wallingford, Oxford and Evesham.

Today’s first time trials began soon after 9:30 when it was still cool. During the day the sky cleared and the sun beamed on the afternoon rowers.

Boats set off at intervals from near Culham…

The finish is 2KM upstream near the blue boat house on Wilsham Road.

Then follows a more leisurely row past some of Abingdon’s most famous buildings

and back under Burford Bridge to Rye Farm meadow where the landing stages are positioned.

We were a bit spoilt for choice tonight in Abingdon (culturally). There was the Save Radley Lakes Celebration at John Mason School (with Ceilidh), a concert at Trinity( Bach to Piazzolla), Opera at the Amey Theatre (Rossini), a lecture on Painting at the Guildhall (Early Flemish ), and music at the Unicorn Theatre (Folk).

We went to see Bob Fox at the Unicorn and sat next to Pam Aird’s mum. Pam manages to bring some very good acts to Abingdon. She not only got Bob Fox, from her old days on the circuit, but also got a talented young singer songwriter support act.

There is much more to come from Pam at Music at The Unicorn.

I visited the South Abingdon Children’s centre today.

They have just unveiled a new noticeboard on Caldecott Road advertising their many activities

Inside Dionne Barber was touching up the paintings before this afternoon’s final session of the Easter arts project.

The Arts Project will continue with more workshops on-site near the Reynolds Way shops, mural painting, in the Summer half term.