Michael sent me some pictures at the weekend saying “You don’t seem to have many pictures of the floods at their height so here are some I took on Wednesday.”

A lone motorcycle in the Carpark near the Cricket Pitch.

The kiosk at the open air pool. The waters have gone down since that high point a week ago.

Since then Highway Information signs have been telling of “Salt Spreading” and this morning brought the first snow of the season. The picture shows West St Helen Street Carpark at 7:10 am.

Leaves have been gusting about on the roads in Abingdon this evening. Some blew into the porch at St Helen’s Church, where the lights were on, and the door ajar.

There has also been a lot of rain, and the new pavement beside the County Hall looks far more shiny than before.

Regarding the heavy rain last night Peter S emailed me to say: a moat has formed at the castle mound off the Motte, there is a raging torrent under the footbridge over the Stert at Boxhill, and the underpass to town from Bath street is flooded. He didn’t send pictures though so you will have to imagine some of that.

Last weekend we got caught in quite a rain shower walking back from Sunningwell to Abingdon. Clouds looked dramatic beforehand.

The rain hit us as we crossed over the A34.

Northbound, towards Oxford a rainbow coloured the sky.

Southbound, all the colour had seaped out of the land – as my camera saw it.

Before doing this blog I did pop out to check the underpass. Still flooded – so no need to imagine that one.

Progress up above the shopping centre is looking good. But today the heavy rain caused some leaks in the shops down below.

There also seemed fewer Market Stalls than usual as the rain kept some stall holders away.