On Sunday afternoon, the Abbey Brass played in the Abbey Gardens. The concert involved the training band followed by the main band. There was shade under the trees for the band and the audience.
The recently re-opened Abbey Meadows Outdoor Pool, nearby, has been getting full over recent sunny weekends.
Thrupp Lake also attracted outdoor swimmers. At least they were not bombing about on jet skies as this is supposed to be as a wildlife haven.
Abingdon Bridge is bathed in sunshine and the temperature is not far off the South of France, where we were until yesterday. Flying home there were very few clouds from Marseille to Paris and over the channel.
The warm weather is predicted to last until the end of the week. I may have missed the food festival last weekend, but I see there is a town council meeting on Wednesday evening, then Abingdon History Day with lectures about Abingdon all day Saturday,
and Rugby Sevens.
The rain fell again this afternoon. The sudden downpour filled the gutters and drains.
The water seems to collect on Stert Street even thought the gutters and drains were doing their work.
There was quite a puddle growing outside Abbey House.
Preparations for Fun in the Park and Music in the Park were underway. Let us hope conditions improve enough to dry it out.
A mini lake had formed at Tilsley Park – holding back some of the waters from Abingdon.
Another mini lake formed at the bottom of Harding Road, near where a stream runs. Presumably it too holds back water to prevent the flooding of properties.
The Northcourt Road junction with the Oxford Road was flooded,
as were many minor estate roads in Abingdon.
I spoke to relatives in Cumbria this evening who said they have had no rain, just 4 weeks of sunshine.
Yesterday in Abingdon, there was thunder and lightening and two downpours. Today there was just a downpour, but what a downpour.
Bank holiday Monday completed the early May bank holiday weekend with a scorcher. This picture was taken on Abbey Close at about 9am before it got really hot.
I don’t know why they even bother having a doorbell when they have a knocker like that.
The Unicorn Cinema has an extended run as they await the chance to move into the Guildhall. On the front of the current brochure is the film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. An interesting title – I’ll have to go and see what it is about.
On the millsteam at that early hour the reflections were better than the original.