The Church in Abingdon annual Lent Lectures began this evening at Trinity Church. They run for five weeks.
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday – after Shrove Tuesday, 5th March, and ends on Easter Sunday, 21st April. Some people gives something up for Lent, and give the money to charity instead.
Today was also the hottest February day on record in some parts of the UK – the first time a temperature of over 20 c has been recorded in winter.
We could do an environmental pledge this Lent. Any ideas?
The mist lifted and we enjoyed a sunny February Sunday here in Abingdon-on-Thames.
The view changed quickly. St Helen’s Church steeple was looking like a mirage when I walked across Abingdon Bridge.
On the way back, the steeple was clearly reflected in the water next to East St Helen Street.
The blossoms near to Abingdon Bridge gave a pretty way of framing the Old Gaol.
Yesterday (22nd Feb 2019) saw the opening of Abingdon Dry Cleaners in East St Helen Street. The former Patisserie Pascal has been split into two. They have 25% off for a few days.
Another lovely sunny day here in Abingdon. This picture is the blossom in St Helen’s Churchyard.
There are a number of groups run by churches in Abingdon for people fifty years and over. PCSO Allison Blood was at one of them yesterday giving a talk. She was at Back to 35, a group for the over-50s that meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays each month from 10.30 am at 35 Ock Street. She was giving them advice about how to stay safe from fraud and purse thefts.
PCSO Allison Blood won the Oxfordshire Police Community Support Officer of the year award. Sorry I am so late giving you that news which happened back in May 2018.
There was another talk yesterday called ‘Active Ageing: Exercise and Brain Health’. This was in the King Charles Room (Kings Head and Bell), and given by by Neuroscientist and Alzheimer expert, Dr Sana Suri. The talk was put on by the Abingdon ATOM Society. The room was packed and Dr Sana Suri said ‘It is good to see so many people interested in ageing‘. Some of us were there trying to get some tips to avoid dementia. Dr Suri said ‘What is good for the heart is good for the brain’.