Monday is typically the busiest day in Abingdon. The prospect of high temperatures today meant the Monday Market in Abingdon was quiet. Some stalls didn’t open, and people mostly stayed away.

The fish van came down from Grimsby with its built-in refrigeration.

The bread stall braved the rising temperatures.

St Nicolas was a cool place to be with the thick stone walls and small windows keeping it cool. The Co-op was another. The chiller cabinets kept the aisle temperature well below outside.

The Open Air Pool has been filled with water but will not open until the 25th of July. Exams are over for many young people, and some were swimming in the River Thames nearby. By the afternoon, there was more of a breeze.

As forest fires endanger life and property in France, forecasters forecast more heat in Abingdon tomorrow. The museum will be closed, and there will be no Preston Road Community Centre Bingo. A few town centre shops are closing early today and tomorrow.

Sunday evening’s sunset was joined by a rainbow

that arched over St Helen’s Church.

Beyond Long Alley almshouses, the clouds glowered like bonfire smoke.

Rain splattered West St Helen Street.

Blue sky and high clouds dominated this Sunday

and I took some pictures from near and underneath the County Hall arches.

Rag bunting was being made again nearby on the Market Place for the Jubliee while people drank coffee under the blue skies.

This afternoon, there was a rain shower that sent many people looking for shelter.

People stood at the back of the County Hall undercroft as rain blew in at the front

The rain soon cleared, and I took this video of the garden at St Ethelwolds House with the sound of birdsong after the rain.