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.

Abingdon Marina houses can be seen reflected in this picture across the gravel pit lake. Electricity power lines cross this lake, and so there are warnings not to fish near power lines.

Beside that lake, there will be blackberries soon.

A combine harvester was at work on the far bank of the River Thames, in Cumnor Parish, taking advantage of the heat wave.