Monthly Archives: August 2015

Bramble Scrunch made with Wild Abingdon Blackberries

wild Abingdon Blackberries
Blackberries can be foraged in a large number of locations in Abingdon at the moment.
wild Abingdon Blackberries
The next crop are being pollinated by some very helpful insects. What would we do without them?
wild Abingdon Blackberries
Other helpful insects are tucking into the fruit that is too ripe for human consumption
wild Abingdon Blackberries
Mix oats, honey, and desiccated coconut. Cook in the oven until crisp. Put in the bottom of a desert dish. Cover with a layer of uncooked blackberries. Cover blackberries with crème fraîche. Puree some cooked blackberries and put on top.
wild Abingdon Blackberries
Put any left over blackberries in the freezer.

Fantasy – Gothic – Steampunk – Sci-Fi shop, called Clockwork Dragon, opens in Abingdon

Clockwork Dragon
A New shop, called Clockwork Dragon, opened this morning where the Abingdon Shoe Shop once was, on Bath Street.
Clockwork Dragon
The Mayor of Abingdon, Cllr Helen Pighills, cut the ribbon to open the shop officially at 11am.
Clockwork Dragon
Peter, sporting the latest in Steampunk ‘Victorian’ fashion, has previously traded on markets, selling Fantasy, Gothic, Steampunk, and Sci-Fi products. A shop, in his home town of Abingdon, is the next step up.

Electric Traffic Lights – One Hundred and One Years On

Electric Traffic Lights
Google have an animation, today, to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the first electric traffic lights.
Electric Traffic Lights
101 years on, resurfacing continues on Drayton Road in Abindgon between 10pm and 6am, and Oxfordshire County Council has asked the contractor to put in electric traffic lights to allow two way traffic at St Helen’s Wharf –

after the anarchy of the weekend when people were asked to drive a few miles round, and didn’t.