There was a frosty start to the morning with some dazzling sunshine. The River Thames though Abingdon is like a mirror reflecting the houses and the boats and cars along Wilsham Road .

The water within Abingdon Marina is an even more brilliant mirror

until some ducks churn it up.

Back in 1987 you could have picked up properties at Abingdon Marina from £139,500. That was about the time we moved to Abingdon into a two bed semi in Riley Close for just over £40,000.

Since 1987, and probably long before then, Wilsham Road has been used as an all day car park – with no waiting restrictions and not too far to walk to town.

There were some lovely clear reflections from the River Thames upstream from Abingdon Bridge.

Nearing Abingdon Weir the water got rougher. Lots of people were enjoying the walk, and riverside views.

The walkway over Abingdon Weir

and Lock makes a circular walk possible – along one bank and back along the other.

Next to the weir a stone reads:

THIS LOCKE WAS BVILDED BY
S. GEORGE STONEHOVSE AND
RICHARD ADAMS ANN. 1649

The stone is mounted in concrete. Since 1649. the weir has been reconstructed and repaired numerous times. I gather that the walkway across the weir was added during work in the 1960s.

Thankyou to Steve for sending these pictures from this morning in Wilsham Road.

This week’s Abingdon Herald has an account of the car crash at 1 a.m on Sunday morning. The speeding car first hit a parked vehicle and then careered into the River Thames. Both driver and passenger were able to get out.

This morning the car was rescued from the River Thames.

The car was towed towards more shallow water, and then winched out.

It was a Skoda Octavia sold in 2018.