Here is Christopher from Local Roots, with Bobbie, and Hester.

Bobbie, and Hester have been collecting information about events in Abingdon for the new ‘What’s On in Abingdon’, which now includes Local Roots.

If Bobbie, and Hester do not knock on your door, events can still be sent to the email address abingdondiary@otcn.co.uk .

Thanks to Al from otcn (Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network) for the picture.

I picked up a Panini at Cafe Gias… then took Harry round Albert Park…

A large delivery lorry was at one end of Edward Street – near the entrance that leads to the catering company , and the piano restorer

Abingdon Beds were unloading deliveries at their warehouse. Their showroom is at the other end of Edward street.

Seeing the camera, he did ask whether I was the one who did that new Abingdon book he had just bought. It was very interesting. “No” I said “That is Judy Thomas and Elizabeth Drury. I just do a blog about Abingdon.”

Traffic was heavy at 8 am over St Helen’s Wharf yesterday morning. Pavements were slippery with black ice.

Late afternoon and early evening, there was a consultation exercise at the Guildhall. One part called ‘Air Your Views’ concentrated on air quality in the town centre. Narrow roads with tall buildings don’t allow traffic fumes to disperse easily.

There was another consultation called ‘Your Vale, Your Future’ concerning the new local area plan looking forward to 2026. This is where one controversial idea is to put new houses in South Abingdon, where congestion is currently already bad, in the hope it will lead to a new road, and maybe even a new river bridge.

There followed an evening round-table discussion. Still time to respond to Air your Views, and Your Vale, Your Future.

Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading, was at St Michael’s Church, Abingdon, on Sunday for a service of dedication after all their recent changes.

I’ve found evidence that Bishop Stephen has his own blog on BBC Radio Berkshire.

Here is another look at the interior, now the new chairs are all in position.

And this is how it looked before.

The pictures are again thanks to John.

Another John has sent me a link to his notes on last week’s meeting of the Carbon Cutters. It tells of upcoming events, including swapshops, and “An Inconvenient Truth”.