New Shops and Promotions in Coxeters Yard

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The covers are up at the old Seeneys shop in Coxeters Yard. A new store is moving in, and they’ve applied for a license to sell alcohol. It will sell food and drinks, and it seems to be run by the same people who ran Abbey Fresh Foods, which closed last year.

Next door, there is a Juice Bar that has been set up for a while but hasn’t opened yet.

The nearby pet food shop is promoting the RSPB Birdwatch Weekend. They have discounts on birdseed and accessories to help people do better when they take part in the world’s biggest garden wildlife survey.

Abingdon Artists Display at Abingdon Library

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The Abingdon Artists now display a new picture in Abingdon Library every month. This month’s featured artwork is a watercolour painting by Jackie Wagner, depicting the Bridge of Sighs in Oxford.

The painting shows Hertford Bridge, often referred to as the Bridge of Sighs, which connects two parts of Hertford College across New College Lane in Oxford. Set on a rainy day, the artwork has figures reflected in the wet street. One figure leans to take a picture of a couple beneath the bridge.

The initiative began with Jonathan Leach’s painting of a path through trees. The rotating display allows local artists to show their work while adding something creative to the library.

A routine Friday begins with recycling lorries

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The sound of a motor and hydraulics, the rattle and thump of the bins being loaded and emptied – it’s back to a routine early morning Friday. The recycling services are back to their regular Thursday and Friday pattern in Abingdon, having caught up after the bank holidays over Christmas and New Year. The lorry is in the middle of West St Helen Street, while cars, along with the occasional cyclist, pass or attempt to pass on the far side. A worker in a Hi-Viz vest waits as the lorry tips in two green recycling wheely bins. He then wheels them away, one in each hand. The food waste lorry has already been. Some houses have placed out their brown bins, with Christmas trees alongside, ready for the garden waste recycling lorry.

Sometimes I only have the hum-drum to report.

A Heron Takes Flight

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A heron with its wings spread, leaves its perch below Abingdon Bridge, having noticed me with my camera. The bird with its wings ruffled flies away over the ripples on the River Thames,

Its makeshift perch had been a jumble of logs and debris, accumulated by the bridge arches where Abingdon Bridge meets Nags Head Island.

Here is a more symmetrical shot a moment later. The wingspan is the largest of any Abingdon bird. Herons are common but still look exotic.