at St Helen’s Wharf. The central band is the Old Anchor Inn.

In this hut at the bottom of St Ethelwold’s, it has been said by some that, George Orwell wrote part of the novel 1984. It is also said that the ship’s mast that props up much of Pulpit House, the newly converted Ask restaurant, came from the pilgrim father ship – the Mayflower.

Great Britain are third in the Olympic medals table. The only tribute I could find to the Olympics in Abingdon was this display at Oxfam.

The weather forecast predicted torrential rain last Wednesday. As a result not many people went to town. The forecast was rain on Saturday. As a result the fitness awareness day got called off.

This group from the Vineyard Church, from South Abingdon, were doing Street Prayer in the Saturday sun.