The clocks went forward by an hour this morning and so the sun rise was at 6:39 this Easter Sunday morning. The picture was taken just upstream from Abingdon Lock. There was a frost and puddles were icy.

The overnight rain turned to snow this morning, and heavy snow at times.

I made a short video as I walked round town marveling at the snow, and then went to Trinity where the snow was settling on the grass.

I have been looking back at umbrella pictures and found lots in June 2012, the month of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

1. An audience enjoy a performance by Larkmead School choir on Abingdon Market Place.

2. A group from St Helens Church enjoy the Jubilee street party.

3. Umbrellas being held Abingdon style during the Jubilee bun throwing – to catch the buns.

For more Umbrella pictures go to City Daily Photo February Theme Day.

One of our North Abingdon correspondents has found a web page showing the level of the River Thames at Abingdon Lock – rising steadily again.

There was a rainbow over the Upper Reaches, on Sunday, during one of a number of showers.

The night before, and after, there was heavy rain. Any remaining snow has been washed away, and this evening the Ock Valley path is already under a few inches of water again.

Another rainbow was visible, on Sunday, over the road beyond Lodge Hill, currently closed by a landslide.

That is halfway between Oxford and Abingdon.

It is not a way we normally walk but there is the opportunity now that it is almost car free.