There has been some mist over the last couple of days here in Abingdon, and it feels a little colder.
Like a mist, that time of year has crept up on us again – the time that is so exciting for children, filled with expectation.
Just some of the pictures from a walk across Albert Park this evening …
A jet leaves a vapour trail across the sky.
The contrails (condensation trails) have added to the evening cloud.
The three bells in St Michael’s bell tower silhouetted with evening sky behind.
On Monday evening the sunset, pictured here at the junction of Preston Road and Gainsborough Green, coloured the clouds in the sky.
This evening, waves of high cloud could be seen above St Helen’s Church.
Last night as I walked, across the Market Place, the sky looked strange and mysterious after the sun had gone down.
It is always good to walk on solid earth and see that we still have lots of telephone and post boxes. They may not get used as much nowadays, but we may need them one day – after we tire of mobile phones, email, facebook, twitter and snapchat.
The riverside, riverside bars, and open air pool were not so full this weekend in Abingdon. There were not so many people taking the Salter’s steamers as last weekend.
Last weekend.
This weekend.
Warning notices appeared last weekend along the River Thames in Abingdon and along the mill stream. The cooler weather and faster flowing river, this weekend, should at least reduce the risk from toxic algae.
But nevertheless, please don’t paddel.