What a Downpour

The rain fell again this afternoon. The sudden downpour filled the gutters and drains.
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The water seems to collect on Stert Street even thought the gutters and drains were doing their work.
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There was quite a puddle growing outside Abbey House.
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Preparations for Fun in the Park and Music in the Park were underway. Let us hope conditions improve enough to dry it out.
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A mini lake had formed at Tilsley Park – holding back some of the waters from Abingdon.
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Another mini lake formed at the bottom of Harding Road, near where a stream runs. Presumably it too holds back water to prevent the flooding of properties.
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The Northcourt Road junction with the Oxford Road was flooded,
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as were many minor estate roads in Abingdon.

I spoke to relatives in Cumbria this evening who said they have had no rain, just 4 weeks of sunshine.

Yesterday in Abingdon, there was thunder and lightening and two downpours. Today there was just a downpour, but what a downpour.

Guildhall work in progress

Guildhall progressing
Work on the old part of the Guildhall is progressing. The Roysse Court Gardens are being dug up

The major benefits of the revamp include:
* Accessible toilets on the ground floor.
* Muniments room for the town’s archives with easy access and reading room.
* Improved reception area.
* Re-paving Roysse Court Gardens, including removing steps on the south side.
* Platform lift to old magistrates court.
Guildhall progressing
I don’t think the fate of the old staircase has been decided yet. It was to be modified to allow a lift to the upper storey but then people protested that the staircase was a town treasure.

Surrounding Area Lovely

Surrounding Area Lovely
The boarded up Upper Reaches hotel was in the Abingdon Herald again last week, lamenting the continuing loss of a great place for people to stay. The surrounding area is lovely, and  with the right people in charge it would work.

Surrounding Area Lovely
Meanwhile a Hilton Hotel is expanding in Abingdon next to the A34.