You have visitors staying with you from abroad.

Where do you take them for a quintessentially English experience?

From Monday it is going to get easier, as Rosie’s Tea Room are opening in West St Helen Street, where Frugal Food used to be.

But even though Rosie’s are not open yet, there is still no better way to start the day off, particularly when it is Saint George’s Day, than with a cup of tea.

The Main Street Singers, who come from near San Francisco in California, were here in Abingdon performing at St Helens Church. They are on a tour of Ireland and the UK.

On this concert tour, they have not only been singing – their real passion, but they have also been able to visit the spectacular Irish countryside, and see some important places in historical Britain. They were in Bath last night, visited Stone Henge this morning and performed in England’s Oldest Town, Abingdon, this evening. In London they have a couple of days break before their final performance.

Then comes the return flight to the USA – volcano ash permitting.

That volcano did scupper one Abingdon event I hoped to cover. The Abingdon Herald was also going to send a photographer…

Visitors from Hiroshima were to bring seeds from the peace tree – which unexpectedly bloomed after the A – or was it H – bomb destroyed everything within a few miles.

Because of the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano ash those seeds will now need to be posted.

Its says in small print that parking is free after 4.00 PM. That is the good news.

Fees before 4.00 PM have gone up.

This is Nicholas Mynheer, the artist who created the Trinity Window behind the alter at Abingdon School Chapel.

He was there at the school to talk about his art, to describe how the Trinity Window was created, and to tell people about his new project at the school.

In his art, Nicholas reduces each image to its bare essentials. The arms of Jesus on the cross are formed using the window tracery. Jesus only needs one eye to look out from the cross. Each image has the simplicity and directness of an icon.

For each window, Nicholas does initial sketches and then produces a full size painting. Glass technicians then get involved. Each colour is fused into the pane with a separate firing.

Nicholas is currently working on a new set of windows for the chapel. The school website has more on the Chapel Window Project and will have more as the project progresses.