Thankyou to Helen for this poster  in advance of the start of the big spring clean.

Regarding the town centre I know that the local councils do litter pick some areas regularly. Along West St. Helen Street, a man does an excellent job clearing up the drink and fast food containers after Friday and Saturday night.

Other places are just a trap for litter that are very difficult to clear. For example, next to the Reynolds Way Supermarket there is a hedge that traps a lot of litter, and you notice it when there are no green leaves.

There have been three warm sunny days in Abingdon. It has started to feel like Spring is here a bit early. The sky looked so blue over the Guildhall and the new grass so green on Roysse Court. Which reminds me it is Guildhall Open weekend 10:00am to 6:00pm.

More sunshine making a dazzle at Abingdon Bridge.

Some school children arrived back in Abingdon late in the afternoon, with a placard, after their school strike and big protest march in Oxford about the future of the planet. Looking at the reports there could have been 1500 taking part in Oxford, one of 60 marches. One slogan read ‘There is no Planet B’.

The London Plane trees either side of Conduit Road in Abingdon have not been pollarded (cut back) for about 15 years.

One tree has been singled out and pollarded, and so the rest will probably follow. Pollarding involves removing the upper branches of the tree, and is often done to Plane trees to restrict their growth.

Andrew Rowe did a tweet yesterday that made me think. …

At Added Ingredients in Abingdon you can bring your old containers (so long as you know how much they contain) to the refill stations, and refill and re-label the container. Products shown are:
* Non-bio Laundry liquid
* Fabric conditioner
* Washing-up liquid

The detergents are supplied by Sesi – a social enterprise in Oxford, who deliver the tubs to the shop and collect the empty tubs to reuse them.

They were introduced after the Abingdon Cuts Plastic campaign launched in March 2018 with the help of Abingdon Carbon Cutters.

Other ideas for cutting down on packaging in the new year which I ought to be doing:
* Buy loose fruit and veg where possible
* Think ahead and take my own cutlery, water bottle, shopping bag, or coffee cup.

You may have other useful suggestions.