This was the scene on the corner by McDonalds on Saturday 23rd January at 3 PM.

This was the same scene on Sunday 24th January at Noon.

Work has started to widen the road between Marcham Road and Colwell Drive. Cutting off the corner will let traffic turning left get round more quickly and not block the road behind. The work was held up a little because the district council tree officer put a tree preservation order on one of the trees in the picture. So now the diverted pavement will go behind one of the horse chestnut trees instead of through it.

The Abingdon Arts Festival is on its way, and as in previous years there is a photography competition run by the Abingdon Camera Club. The theme this year is “ENERGY”, and the closing date for entries is 2nd March. All you need to know is on the Abingdon Camera Club Site.

The River Thames continues to flow at the high level of the last week or so, as does the River Ock. I think they are both on Flood Watch again.

It was suggested by Peter Wiblin ( of West End News) that the ENERGY of all the water could be harnessed to generate electricity.

Abingdon Town Football Club were playing their first match for a while against Bicester Town and won 1-0. The Chimney of Didcot Power Station is just about visible behind the ground.

I’m afraid I got there too late in the day (like Friday at 9:45 PM) and most of the festivities were over. Just a few balloons and a banner remained.

The Co-op has been open for 1 year.

They probably had all sorts of exciting things happening earlier in the day, but… Congratulations anyway! Keep up the good work. The staff are ALL brilliant.

Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is on for a second week at the Unicorn Theatre, with a cast of almost forty – by The Abingdon Drama Club… It is followed soon by I’ll Get My Man, also at the Unicorn.
Hope they don’t mind me borrowing their animation. See the original on The Breakaleg Production Website