Abingdon Marina houses can be seen reflected in this picture across the gravel pit lake. Electricity power lines cross this lake, and so there are warnings not to fish near power lines.
Beside that lake, there will be blackberries soon.
A combine harvester was at work on the far bank of the River Thames, in Cumnor Parish, taking advantage of the heat wave.
There is art on sale this week in an exhibition at St Nicolas Church. Any pictures sold will have part of the proceeds donated towards equipment at Abingdon Hospital.
The pictures are displayed in the pews and are well worth viewing.
North over Carswell School.
East along Ock Street.
West along Ock Street.
South across the Ock Valley Walk. Thanks to the Fire Fighters for the chance to take these four views over Abingdon on Saturday…
Today I saw young cricketers at Abingdon Vale Cricket Club being taught spin bowling under a blue sky, while parts of the outfield still lay under water. There has been a third day of sunshine, but the ground is still waterlogged.
As well as the Fire Station Book Sale there were plenty more books on the Market Place on the St Nics Church stall, alongside plants, cakes, and a White Elephant’s Stall. On a day like this they had no need of Gazebos.
There was also a cake stall run by the Vineyard Church Youth Club, and the Abingdon Concert Band were entertaining all comers.
2012 is turning out to be a memorable year not just in Abingdon …
Bradley Wiggins has just won the Tour de France. I could find no real Abingdon connection with this momentous event apart from an article about Abingdon’s Tour de France in May 2010. (Abingdon is the house name of the pre-school at St Edmund’s School in Canterbury, and as part of their French week they did a Tour de France round the classroom on trikes. “Going through the mountains was very tricky” said Ethan “As you had to slow down!”)