At 8 am the Abingdon Monday Market  was ready for customers. The morning started cloudy with light rain. There was not much chance of seeing the sun rise on the Winter Solstice.

This morning we learned that a lot of countries had blocked entry to UK people and lorries after the news that a more contagious strain of Covid-19 has taken hold here. There were suggestions that if the blockade continued then fresh produce from the continent would be in short supply.

There was a large queue outside Waitrose most of the morning.

At 4 pm the sky was overcast and there was not any chance of seeing the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the South West. The only star visible was on the Christmas Tree.
Gifts and Gallery has 50% off. They have been in Abingdon since 1985 and, sadly, will be closing on Christmas Eve.

This Sunday morning started off wet and windy.

Then the sun came through. Lots of people were enjoying the sunshine, seen here as a dazzling white from Margaret Brown Gardens

and blue sky and water looking back from Wilsham Road.

There was a notice on a capsized boat that said the owner was aware. They did not need telling again. So not everybody was enjoying today.

A line of pigeons on the Wilsham Road railings came down as a flock. They kept jostling and trying to find the best position. Some flew off again in search of something better.

Later on, the sky clouded over, and there were intermittent showers.