and the winning entries from the Abingdon Camera Club competition

all on the theme of Energy.

Daffodils are late appearing this year. These clusters are on the bank of the River Ock alongside the Ock Mini Park.

The Ock Mini Park is that recently cleared empty looking patch of ground near the Drayton Road double roundabout.

Planting has now begun, and there are ideas afoot to make this into the MG memorial park with a trail of stones bearing the names and possibly outlines of MG Models.

I’d also like to see a large immovable model of an MG car to complete the transition from Ock Mini Park to Ock MG Park.

A couple of years ago there was a flower seller and a snack bar on the precinct. Times got hard and both closed up their shutters for the final time.

A couple of months ago a snack bar opened up where the flower seller once was, and a few days ago a flower seller opened up where the snack bar once was – in the recently renamed Abbey Shopping Centre.

They have swapped sides.

The part of the Old Police Station surrounded with scaffolding will also be demolished to provide a new access.