I was asked to investigate this gnome somewhere near Abingdon Town Centre. He is a fishing gnome and is to be seen with a little wooden aeroplane. Having shown his whereabouts on this blog I hope he doesn’t get nicked. He could be the start of a gnome gathering.

The runaway fair, another Abingdon tradition, happens a week after the Michaelmas Fair. It is set up on Sunday. It runs on Monday. Road changes are needed because it takes place on the Market Place and High Street.

The iron bridge direction for example is reversed.

The Drayton Road traffic appeared to be feeling the effects, but there are many factors can cause problems here.

The Big Draw is a national event held in 1000 UK venues during October, from scout huts to national museums and underneath Abingdon County Hall.

The Abingdon event yesterday was run by artists from John Mason School, Abingdon. The children made and coloured cardboard buildings.

This years winners at the Oxford Preservation Trust’s Environmental Awards were mostly from the City of Oxford but did include a couple from Oxford’s closest neighbour town Abingdon…

“…Local councils were also recognised in Abingdon Town Council and the improvements to their Market Place…”

“Certificates were also awarded for … public artwork on Penlon Place in Abingdon…” They must mean this bronzed apron draped across a stone bench,

this pair of boots, and sack of barley. They appear to have been idly left behind by workers of Abingdon’s former industries.