Anybody in town this morning couldn’t have helped noticing the singing, and the chanting, and the spectacle of young men trying to throw each other into a skip outside the museum.

This group of Newcastle United supporters are on their way back to their coach.

“Who you playing?” I asked.

“Wor on wor way te Reading.” one said, or something like that.

There will be an alcohol ban at the visitors end during the match, and so they fans were getting tooned up in Abingdon before the game.

Abingdon Lions were out in the Market Place today. Sometimes they raise money to help a local person who has a special need, and sometimes they have a big campaign. They are currently raising money for defibrillators for ambulances.

This is the first example of a path ending abruptly at a river bank, just waiting for a footbridge to be built … (at the Riverside development on the Mill Stream).

This is the second example of a path ending abruptly at a river bank, still waiting for a footbridge to be built… (at the Brewery development on the River Ock).

Builders need to add a certain amount of green space within a development, or in lieu of that provide access to green space some other way, like with a bridge.

The Riverside footbridge is currently awaiting a decision by the Vale. It will be paid for by the developer, and will not bump up our council tax. However, for one reason or another, footbridges do not always get built. It provides access for residents to the countryside, but on the otherhand it also acts as a shortcut for wanderers.