Ten years ago, there was a magnificent chestnut tree next to the Ladygrove Meadow playpark.
I would guess it was cut down about five years ago. It had started to rot, and the hollow inside was getting bigger. Branches were probably getting dangerous.
Passing that way on Sunday I stopped to look at the clusters of fungus.
and noticed how boring insects had made some areas as soft as Balsa Wood.
Alongside West St Helen Street car park, there is a hedge that has grown out of control. The trunks are so wide that a large crack has appeared in the adjacent wall.
The branches hang so low that cyclists have to mind their heads.
And there is a street lamp hidden in there somewhere.
The question is who, if anybody, is responsible for the overgrown hedge.
Yesterday the Christmas lights were removed from Bury Street, and the Market Place Christmas Tree was cut up into pieces.
Today people brought their Christmas trees to the Market Place to have them recycled, along with the Market Place tree.
The trees are shredded by Town Council outdoor staff, using equipment lent by TVF. The TVF Hire Centre is along Audlett Drive now, and no longer along Ock Street.
The mix of woodchip and pine needles can be used on paths such as the Ock Valley Walk by the Green Gym.
The young tree in the foreground will be re-potted, and put in a quiet corner of the old cemetery, and could well see another Christmas Day in 350 days time.
The channel behind Abingdon Lock has been cleared and landscaped over the winter. One of the helpers has been secretly working on his own pet project – a fallen tree trunk has been turned into a crocodile .
There are a lot of fallen tree trunks around Abingdon Lock. What if they all turned into crocodiles?