About a month ago I was given a flyer and asked to mention it on the blog. Time has flown by and  the day has arrived for the Women’s World Day of Prayer. Each year women from a different country put together the service and this year it is by Suriname. But having checked I now see that due to worsening weather the event has been POSTPONED. The hope is to rearrange in the near future.

I was very glad to get back to Abingdon after a long drive home from Bedford this evening.

The roads and pavements are likely to be slippery again tomorrow. A number of schools are closed.

George sent me this picture of a tree blown down across Thesiger Road, Abingdon, about 10.30 am today, 24th January. There has been a lot of wind and rain over the last few days.

The River Ock is higher than usual but has not reached the new flood wall that was built in 2017.

Snow and then rain fell on Abingdon this morning. The snow settled on car roofs but not on the pavements.

Undeterred by the snow, Abingdon Rowing Club had a number of boats out on the river. About twenty minutes after taking this picture, I saw Adam – with the yellow top – at Trinity Church.

Adam was on the sound desk , and I was on the projector. Nowadays, nost people sing the songs off the projector screen rather than from the hymn book. Adam said the rowing was ‘cold but fun.’ He is an ex boy scout / boy scout leader. It still took him some time to warm up his hands, as his seat and the carpet round about got more and more damp.

After church the snow had turned to rain – which was no fun at all.

There were a few piles of snow remaining this evening. At the end of Preston Road I saw one boy trying to re-make his snowman from a pile of snow alongside.

Snowmen not only had above-zero temperatures to contend with, there was also the rain.

It was pouring down by the time I got to Waitrose, where I heard the festive sound of Abingdon Town Band playing Christmas Carols.

Christmas lights could be seen above and below the road with the High Street layby underwater.