Anybody who has not been to Radley Lakes for the last couple of months – like me – will have missed some important developments. There is now a circular walk round both Thrupp Lake and Bullfield Lake. This picture of a sky blue lake in October is taken from the far side of Thrupp Lake – somewhere I have never been before. The circular walk is very well signed and about a mile long.

There are still signs of the attempt to destroy these lakes…

but other signs of hope for the future.

The Earth Trust has done wonders since taking over. Find out more at their Thrupp Lake Page.

This is the view that greeted me when I work up this morning as the sun rose behind East St Helen Street.

(The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west because the Earth spins toward the east.)

The district council has a new, clearer website – just launched this week.  The web page about Graffiti Cleaning got my attention with its practical advice …

If graffiti is on private property, the web site says,  “The owner of the property is responsible for its removal … the quicker graffiti is cleaned off, the easier it is to remove … prompt removal tends to discourage more graffiti”.

There was a spate of grafitti in South Abingdon about three months ago. Most has been cleaned. Just a few examples remain. Some is on a large green box with the ID: OX092 (Preston Road near junction to Gainsborough Green) and even more on OX093 (Preston Road near junction to Cotman Close).

The district web site has a section on “Graffiti on privately owned street furniture (e.g. post boxes, telecommunications cabinets)“. They suggest contacting the owner.

Both Virgin Media and BT appear to not recognise these boxes so it would be helpful to identify the owner.  Nothing on the green box helps very much.

Last section on the Vale website is “What is the district council responsible for cleaning?“.

“… its own property that may include council owned public toilets, rubbish bins and some leisure centres. To report graffiti on property owned by Vale of White Horse District Council, please contact our waste contractors Biffa by emailing admin.vale@biffa.co.uk…”

This information sign at the district council end of the Ock Valley Walk has had graffiti on it for over three months.  I have now sent an email.