Martin has the Abingdon 2023 calendar on sale on his Monday Market Stall, beginning with a picture of a snowy January.

August has started dry with blue skies and warm sunshine. There was no butcher, but the fish van was there.

By the end of the day, all the Sunflowers, from the flower and plant stall, were sold.

A crochet pattern showing a sandy beach is on the Market Place post office box.

The High Street is bright and light; many wear summer shorts and dresses.

At Trinity Church, the scouts returned after camping in North Yorkshire, where they had rain. Tents were laid out to dry.

This morning, the local excellence market in Abingdon was decorated with flags celebrating the Lionesses, who will play in the Euro 2022 final against Germany on Sunday 31st July 2022.

That is tomorrow as I write.

On the Hampshire Gluten Free Co stall, there were Go Lionesses Doughnuts!! Thank you to Paul for this picture. He and his fellow market organiser have been at every England game and will be at the final tomorrow at Wembley.

The kick-off will be on BBC One at 5 pm (British Summer Time). We will be Beyond Bubbles if England win.

Other newsworthy stalls at the market were Abingdon Distillery, which opens its distillery and shop in Coxeters on Thursday.

There was a new stall selling replica Morland Plaques. The plaques can be purchased ready to paint or painted in traditional colours or other ways.

The Abingdon Farmers’ Market was held today (Friday 15th July) from 8.30am until 1.30pm in Abingdon Market Place.
I counted fifteen stalls. The Farmer’s Market is held on the third Friday of each month, so the 15th is the earliest day it can be.

One well know stall is Busby’s Bees. Here are two Busbys. The younger one runs Busby Dance classes, and the older one runs Busby Bees.

I saw these two books next to each other in the library and, hoping to learn more about bees, borrowed them.

There was a Local Excellence Market in Abingdon this morning. There were Brownies and Blondies and Cookies from JojoCoco.

And even more cookies from The Tall Cookie Lady.

The organisers of the Local Excellence Market are also organising a market at the Platinum Jubilee Fiesta.

Over at the Children’s Air Ambulance charity shop, #TheCrew is a children’s club linked to the Children’s Air Ambulance.

Added Ingredients will be shut from next Saturday until October, so go in and stock up before then.

Nicki Thornton’s next book is out from May 5th, and she will be signing copies next Saturday at Mostly Books. Nicki used to run Mostly Books with Mark Thornton. Her new book is called ‘ The Poisoned Pie Mystery.’