Monthly Archives: September 2017

Midget reopening weekend

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Midget Pub
The Midget Pub down Preston Road, in Abingdon, has reopened after being closed for two weeks for a refurbishment. The MG theme is very clear in the reopening. MGs from the MG Car Club were there as part of the relaunch.
Midget Pub
The new pub sign shows a large MG logo and a MG Midget.
Midget Pub
Windows and pictures all have the MG and MG logos.
Midget Pub
For the reopening there is a bouncy castle, face paints, kids Karaoke on Sunday, and a band playing. It was a lovely sunny day and it went very well.

Bridleway to Sunningwell

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Bridleway to Sunningwell
For somebody visiting this blog in a few years time, here is what the Bridleway to Sunningwell looked like on this mild September day in 2017. This land has been designated for housing in the Vale of White Horse local plan up to 2031.

News for the day… 1. PM Theresa May has said there should be a transition period of “about” two years after Brexit, during which trade should continue on current terms. 2. US President Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un have both called each other mad in various ways: deranged and dotard and madman are some of the words used. 3. Uber will loose its license to operate taxis in London. 4. THE END OF THE WORLD as we know it could be VERY soon as conspiracy theorists claim a mysterious dark planet will collide with Earth on 23rd September 2017.
Bridleway to Sunningwell
Looking to the right of the bridleway is a field stretching all the way to the Oxford Road. One or two houses are visible in Alexander Close, and cars speed at 40 MPH round the Abingdon outer road making it difficult to cross to the bridleway.
Bridleway to Sunningwell
To the left is a field that stretches to Tilsley Park, across which are some transmission lines.
Bridleway to Sunningwell
The A34 dual carriageway is on the far side of the field, divided off by a small fence and some bushes. It is all very open.

I don’t know the name of either field.

Record number of buses seen along St Aldates

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Thanks to Steve for this ..,
Silver and Pink
Next time we complain about traffic jams in Abingdon we ought to spare a thought for Oxford City Centre now that Queen Street is virtually bus free. Many of the buses have been re-routed to make way for the new – soon to open – Westgate Shopping Centre

This was the scene in St Aldates at 3.30pm today.

Steve counted 16 buses including a couple heading down the Abingdon Road to Abingdon – joined by all these other buses going to other places.

The situation has probably not been helped by repairs being carried out to the Folly Bridge. Work there is due to be completed at about the time the Westgate Shopping Centre reopens in another months time. So we will see then how the bus situation works out then.