Two new trees are being put in to replace the cherry trees that were cut down last year as part of the County Hall re-development.
“Tree felling upsets town” was the headline in the Abingdon Herald.
The new trees look better than the Cherry trees they have replaced so it looks like a good swap to me. They have fine white blossoms and are tall and slender and much better suited to the tight space. They could also be cherries but I’m not sure.
The overnight snow was already turning to slush when we went out at 9 am Sunday morning. Work continues in St Helen’s Churchyard. They dug so deep putting in ducts and pipes last week (under the path) that Oxford Archaelogywere on hand to check for remnants of antiquity.
A dozen or more trees near the Ock Valley have been chopped over the last week or two, some near the end of Hermitage Road, and others down the town end.
Evidence of dog walkers was to be seen everywhere in the snow. These paw prints and footprints were seen at the end of Healey Close where the estate meets the open space beside the River Ock.
This may, or may not, be the only snowfall this winter so some children were out making the most of it. There was just about enough snow left on the Caldecott Recreation Ground to make a smallish snowman.
Other places round about like Lodge Hill, Oxford, and Cumnor seem to have lots more snow than us in Abingdon.
Two more of the trees at the top of the Old Cemetery in Abingdon have been felled. The trunk shows no obvious sign of disease so it could be that they have become inconvenient. They cast a shadow and dropped debry on nearby houses.
There was a fine colonnade of six of these trees at the top end of the Old Cemetery.
Now only two remain. What meets the eye now is a white wall one side, and new houses the other.
The clocks go back tonight and we have a very welcome extra hour in bed. It also means no daylight after work and so getting pictures for the blog gets a little bit harder.
These liquid amber trees were not here in the spring. They add autumn colour to The Square and war memorial.
Only half the autumn glory on this particular building remains this year. A ‘To Let’ sign was put up earlier in the year – cutting half the vine off from its roots.
This youth shelter at Box Hill was not there in the spring. It replaces another shelter that had seen better days.
In the Albert Park the extensive Leylandi have been replaced by more sensitive deciduous trees. This is the second or third autumn for this very well designed project.