There were lots of little goslings out with their parents this evening. They will need to keep warm through the current cold snap.

Looking across to St Helen’s Wharf, there are the very old Long Alley Almshouses (built 1446-7), and the newer Brick Alley Almshouses (built 1718-1720), and the pollarded Plane trees. They create a harmonious view with all those vertical lines in the water.

Next door is the Old Anchor Inn where new people have recently taken over.

At the Cricket ground somebody has made a fence out of pallets, possibly so they don’t loose their cricket balls quite so often.

The river by St Helen’s Wharf looked like a painting – the River Thames was so still and the clouds had an evening glow.

At the Margaret Brown Gardens some young lads ran over when I was taking this picture. They looked into the water for a scooter that another lad had allegedly thrown into the water.

All that was visible in the shallow water was a bicycle somebody else must have thrown in

Over the road from the Margaret Brown Gardens, the former Hygienic Laundry site has been made into flats.

At Abingdon Lock a number of changes were made during the winter before last. The back drainage area was cleared and landscaped,

and a carved crocodile appeared in the ditch.

There have been further developments last winter. The lock island is beginning to look like a wooden menagerie.

A Pooh like bear has appeared next to the Abingdon Lock sign.

Not just wooden animals, but also houses for real animals have appeared.