Monthly Archives: April 2013

Report on the big rowing event in Abingdon today

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Abingdon Spring Head
There were nearly 400 boats taking part throughout the day in this year’s Abingdon Spring Head of the River (or time trial). This is an early season event rowed upstream over 2000 M from Culham to Abingdon.
Abingdon Spring Head
Boats came from all over England and Wales, but the vast majority came from places on the River Thames …
Abingdon Spring Head
Oxford, Reading, Maidenhead, Wallingford, Henley, Marlow, Putney … even Abingdon.
Abingdon Spring Head
The event is organised by Abingdon Rowing Club and so most of the Abingdon rowers are marshalling in one way or another.
Abingdon Spring Head
Unlike the dragon boat racing, which will be on September 8th, the rowing crews dress in club kits, and have to carry their own boats.

There is some entertainment beyond the rowing: The Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers were there for a second year. There was also a beer tent to keep them happy between dances.

New guided tourist walks for Abingdon

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Walk.About.Abingdon
Today Walk.About.Abingdon – a new company specialising in guided walks around historic Abingdon-on-Thames – did a pilot walk for a mixture of visitors and local people.
Walk.About.Abingdon
There was a French Market in town, and a Craft Fair at the Old Abbey Buildings, so that added a different flavour to today’s 1.5 hour tour.
Walk.About.Abingdon
The aim of the company is “To share the beauty and history of Abingdon-On-Thames with as many people as possible”.

They will be on BBC Radio Oxford on Monday talking about the new venture (7:20am I think – but cannot be sure).

Old Post Office has a new look

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smartened up ex Post Office
The hoarding came down earlier in the week and the smartened up ex Post Office is ready when Wetherspoon choose to move in. I can’t see Abingdon among the ‘new pubs opening soon’ on the Wetherspoon website which says “We recruit for our new pubs six to eight weeks before they are due to open. ” So could still be months rather than weeks but we will see.

James Mays Man Lab Series 3 Episode 3 – first and last few minutes

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James Mays Man Lab
If you didn’t see it on BBC2 this evening then you can catch it on iPlayer at James Mays Man Lab Series 3 Episode_3/
James Mays Man Lab
Thanks to Councillor Iain Littlejohn who wrote a letter describing the plight of the people at the back of the Market Place who rarely get buns, James May came to Abingdon and introduced some technology and planning into throwing buns
James Mays Man Lab
during the Diamond Jubilee bun throwing last year.