Preparations were underway today for the Abingdon Spring Head of the River events tomorrow. This is a chance for rowing crews to warm up for the Regatta season. There are 272 crews in all rowing. The event starts at about 9:30 and carries throughout most of the day.

They say ‘Come and celebrate 50 years of the Abingon Rowing Club‘ with us.

It is also the pre-season for Salter Steamer cruises . Regular cruises start on 17th May, but there was a booked cruise today, and another on May 9th, which members of the public can join…

Most of the passengers went inside. One said ‘We are being cowards.’

In the Snow

Over the River

By the River

In Albert Park

In the Guildhall this Saturday… Save Radley Lakes Spring Fair.

This wire net fence divides the Masefield Crescent play area that side, and the dog walking field this side. Over the years the fence has been mended and broken many many times. Its even more broken at the top end of the field along the main dog walking way. I cannot blame ne’er-do-wells … there is just something doesn’t love this fence.

Thanks Greg from Blue Door Lettings for his comment yesterday. Greg has an amusing blog called ‘Our Man in Lettings’. He is now a part of Abingdon History being one of the last to vacate the Old Gaol buildings about to undergo redevelopment. In his own words and pictures:

“Here you can see my window in the middle of the top floor, the Old Gaol boarded up behind to the left and the Police Station to the right. We’ll see how it all looks in a couple of years’ time….”

“It is with some sadness that we have left number 25 Bridge Street to its fate at the hands of Cranborne Homes but with men in suits spraying the walls with words like ‘poor’ and ‘danger’ we thought it was time to go.Our new place is at 5-7 Stert Street just next to Pizza Express, across the road from Added Ingredients, up the road from Pamela Lucas and Mostly Books and above a stock broker. We are in good company…”

Here is his view up Stert Street. You’ll have to visit Our Man in Lettings to see the view down Stert Street. Its worth it.