The 11 week project to repave East and West St Helen Streets has begun. The start point is outside Patisserie Pascal, and coincides with a few days of well deserved holiday for Pascal (vacances bien méritées).

It looks as if most of the existing paving stones are being relaid – which must be a good thing.

The irregular paving stones lower down the street will only fit back one way – if they do need doing.

Over time the pavement has gained a certain foot worn character that goes well with the historic street.

Work began on Monday morning to resurface West St Helen Street. For a time there was two way traffic on what is normally a one way street. The road was done in sections. Monday was from the church to just below St Helens Court.

Tuesday they did most of the road up to Lombard Street.

Today, Wednesday, they did just the top bit. So apart from needing lines it looks complete.

Traffic might be flowing again normally if people knew the road has re-opened, but as they don’t, it is all quiet on the West St Helen Street front.

No sooner had the drainage works been completed at the top of East St Helen Street but work was begun by Southern Electric. That work is still on-going, digging up a lot of the pavements.

Meanwhile in West St Helen Street, the puzzling white markings saying FULR and FULP,  reported on this blog some time back, have been replaced by other markings.

Roadworks will soon be moving to West St Helen Street – which is about to be resurfaced.

While the work is in progress the one way system on St Helen’s Wharf Bridge will be removed. It is the week that schools go back and so there could be delays at times.

Near the earlier road works on East St Helen Street… last week Sue Ryder were reported in the Abingdon Herald under the headline “Charity shop hurt by road’s closure“.

Today they will have a Fundraising Day.

About a week ago markings appeared up the paths of East and West St Helen Street. This zig-a-zag dragons back has the letters FULR beneath.

Near the Salvation Army there are DROP and FULP (or possibly PULP) and a few scattered Xs and incomplete arrows.

I keep my ear to the ground normally, but on this one I have heard nothing. Has anybody heard what it all means?