By five past five, it was already getting dark, thanks to the clocks being set forward by an hour last night. Most of our timing devices are computerised and change automatically these days, but the church clock still needs to be wound manually.

Today, the sun was up between 6:53 a.m. and 4:43 p.m. (9 hours, 50 minutes).

Yesterday it was up from 7:51 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. (9 hours and 54 minutes).

We are losing about 3.4 minutes of sunlight a day.

More interesting data about the sun is at https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/oxford?month=10.

David Pope handed over Abingdon Rotary Club to the new fun President Debs Axtell, at a meeting on 28th June in The King’s Head and Bell. David said they also inducted a new member into the club, and they are looking forwards to an exciting new Rotary year in Abingdon!

The bank near Abingdon Weir is quite soft and has subsided after floods earlier in the winter. There has been some patching of the path, and barriers have recently been added.

England had the driest February since 1993 and so water levels are down to safe boating levels.

Annington Homes are in the business of refurbishment and re-development for rental or sale of affordable ex-MOD homes. Some of the houses they have on offer at Lamborough Fields, on the edge of Abingdon in Shippon, have been fitted with solar panels and electric vehicle chargers. They have also been refurbished to give them an EPC rating of B to keep the energy bills down.

Thank you to Kyle for the press release.