There will be egg and spoon races for all age ranges with medals for the winners, and of course chocolate prizes! Saturday 15th April.

Watch the rowing from the river bank on Sunday 9th April.

We may not have a cinema but we do have the ABCD Film Society who are putting on the winner of the Oscar for Best Picture. Entry £6. Thursday 6th April.

The Urban Folk Quartet are at the Unicorn on the same date. Thursday 6th April.

The Abingdon Horticultural Society have their Spring Show this coming Saturday 8th April.

There are more posters in the library or Mostly Books. So will it be Moonlight or the Urban Folk Quartet?

A Chinese Consortium are in talks to buy Abingdon Bridge as part of a deal that will see a second bridge across the Thames in Abingdon.

The plan is to charge tolls on both bridges to finance the construction.

It is understood that the second bridge will be called The MG Bridge – MGs being a car once made in Abingdon and now made in China.

Spokesman Yew Gon Laf told me: “It will bring many tourists into Abingdon attracted by the Chinese built MG bridge, and the new Hilton Hotel in Abingdon.” (This hotel was announced in Thursday’s Oxford Mail.)

Mr Richard Turpin, a spokesman for the Highwaymens Agency said “Clearly this is the only way Abingdon will ever get a second bridge, as we will not stand and deliver such a bridge.”

Announcing … “Mr Hemmings Traditional Morris Dancers are holding their annual Day Of Dance this Saturday May 10th – with visiting Teams – starting at the White Horse Ock St at 10.30am then dancing up to the Town at various Taverns and Inns and ending at the Royal British Legion around 4pm.”

Also announcing … “There are still a few places on The Kingfisher canoe club 6 weeks beginners courses held on Tuesday or Thursday evenings starting next week on May 13/15th.

Full details of the beginners courses can be found here
http://www.kingfishercanoeclub.co.uk/2014-kayaking-introduction-courses/”