The 2nd Chilli Festival took place on Abingdon Market Place today – organised by Dawn.
Colourful people were there to entertain with dance and music.
Giant Paellas, Thai curries, Indian curries, and many other dishes could be tried.
Then there were stalls offering chilli plants, chilli peppers, chilli oils, sauces, pickles and jams to sample and buy.
Could chilli be the elixir of life? The Chilli Alchemist seems to thinks so.
Shows like ‘Great British Bake Off’ have helped encourage people to bake. Bury Street shopping centre has launched a cake decorating competition, and the winner receives a hamper full of baking goodies worth £100.
All you need to do enter is send a photo of cakes or cakes that you’ve decorated via their website or Facebook and you could win the hamper.
They are accepting entries until 19th August, when a shortlist will be chosen by an impartial voting team. Then it’s over to the local community around Bury Street and Abingdon to pick the winner.
The poll will run via the website, Facebook and Twitter as well as by newsletter to centre members. Visit www.burystabingdon.co.uk or ‘like’ them on Facebook and ‘follow’ them on Twitter .
I was passing by the American Football Game between the Oxford Saints and a visiting team on Sunday at Southern Town Park in Abingdon.
After a period of stop-go action, both teams went off for a talk from the team coach.
There are 45 players in each team and as the coach spoke quite a few of the Saints ‘took a knee’. The only thing I overheard was the coach say “you went in too high that is why you got hurt.”
I left wondering why they keep kneeling down when anybody gets hurt, or the coach is talking.
Is it because …
a) They are the ‘Saints’ and want to pray
b) They want to show respect to the coach
c) Sitting would look lazy and inattentive
d) Another reason ?
Le Boat interactive map of the Thames: is a fascinating new way to find the places of interest close to the Thames between Oxford and London.
Abingdon also has a couple of mentions, for the historic town centre, and one for the Abbey Meadows.