There was a layer of powdery snow as the second cold spell of the year continued into February. This is the top of West St Helen Street at about 7:40.

At that time the fruit and vedge stall, on the Monday Market, was already serving customers, wheras most of the stalls were still setting up.

The paths beside and down to the River Thames from Abingdon Bridge were white. There could be more snow on the way, but this lot was soon gone.

It looks like there has always been a double yellow line along Cooper’s Lane, in the brewery development,

but it is a recent paint job

and wasn’t there last week.

The sculpture shown in both pictures is by artist Walter Jack and is made of identical iron planks welded together and called ‘barrel’ – something once common on this site. It weighs nearly one and a half tons.

Yesterday seemed to be a day of rest for the workers repaving the High Street.

Today the workers, from Drayton Construction, were back at work, probably making up for what has been a difficult January.

The pavement of the Abbey Shopping Centre (formerly known as the Bury Street Precinct) is looking very clean these days. I noticed it last Saturday, and again today.