New exercise machines are on one side of the Caldecott Recreation Ground hedge.

On the other side, where the canal once flowed, are a dozen horse chestnut trees.

There was steady rain and a lot of conkers fell today on the last day of September.

There is still time to enter the World Conker Championship in our neighbouring county – Northamptonshire. The championships take place on the 9th of October 2022. To enter, go to https://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/. The rules say you cannot use your own conkers, so none of the Caldecott conkers will become champions.

The garden at St Ethelwold’s House is now ready for the winter. The annuals and leaves have been tidied and a lot are now on the compost heap. There are still a few flowers and vegetables.

The perennials are dormant.  Nutrients and carbohydrates are down in their roots to keep them going during the winter months and to help them regrow next spring.

Some evergreen  cuttings are available for people to use for their Christmas decorations with a box for donations.

The front door has a wreath.

I walked by Trinity Church and saw a funeral was in progress. A Scottish piper was waiting outside.

In the Albert Park the leaves were golden.

They look even better when the sun is shining.

On the way back, the piper was still waiting, and I saw that 6 cars in Conduit Road had tickets for parking on the single yellow line. The new civil parking enforcement is catching people out, even funeral goers – which seems a bit sad.

Today road painters have  been repainting a lot of single and double yellow lines in the town centre. The lines need to be clear if they are to be enforced.

There were a few cars parked on single and double yellow lines and the road painters could not get all the lines done. They said they would return to do the rest another day.

The Abingdon Herald has one of Daniel’s pictures looking down on the football ground. Here is another picture by Daniel from near Abingdon Lock looking back to Abingdon Bridge

And this is the bridge from over the cricket ground. Such clear pictures. They are amazing.

Ice remained on flood water all day long – as the sun went down on 2020.

One of my unfulfilled aspirations is to ice skate in Abingdon.

Happy New Year and hope you fulfill your New Year’s aspirations.