Monthly Archives: January 2021

Building Work in January 2021

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There are a couple of developments in Abingdon as we head through another new year.
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Fairacres Phase 2 is nearing completion. The shells of the buildings with windows are complete. The carpark area has been painted. The Lidl looks finished outside apart from signage. Shop fitting could well be proceeding inside.
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Kings Gate is at the beginning. There is one muddy area bounded by the A34, Wootton Road, Dunmore Road and play area, and Tilsley Park. Earth movers are piling earth and creating the outline of tracks.
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New pedestrian lights have been put in across the Dunmore Road.

Ice and Birds

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Ice and Birds
Temperatures have not gone much over freezing since Sunday’s snow. There are still places where it is icy and slippery under foot and where caution is required. I have had many unexpected slips on ice in the past, starting with a broken arm falling off my tricycle – aged four.

Yesterday we walked through the Abbey Gardens and along the Mill Stream and beyond.
Ice and Birds
There were two swans near the concrete bridge near the swimming pool.
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A heron was stood further along, partly hidden.
Ice and Birds
At Barton Fields there were lots of small birds on the bird feeders.
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Robins were singing along most of the route. One at Radley Lakes stayed long enough for a picture.
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Most of the birds were some way away at Thrupp Lake but the ice did mean the very muddy parts were not quite so muddy.

Coming back along the cycle way, a red sign indicated Abingdon as 1.75 miles away. So that made yesterday’s walk about 4 miles and we got home without falling.

Abingdon Peace Group celebrates UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons

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Last Friday the first-ever UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons came into effect. The day was marked on Abingdon Market Place by the Abingdon Peace Group.

The treaty prohibits signatories from producing, stockpiling, selling and using nuclear weapons. The treaty was passed by the UN in 2017, with 123 countries voting for and 38 voting against. It has so far been ratified by 52 states and others are in the process. Signatories are mostly from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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They include some European nations including Ireland. Will the UK follow? The archbishops of Canterbury and York, and many bishops of both Anglican and Catholic dioceses have publicly called on the UK government to sign it.

There are an estimated 13,400 nuclear weapons worldwide. Such weapons are overwhelmingly owned by the USA, and Russia. Other countries with nuclear weapons include: China, France, UK, Pakistan, India, North Korea and probably Israel. Signatories do not include any countries that own these nuclear weapons or any Nato members.

Thankyou to Feng Ho for the pictures.

More Snow in Abingdon

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More Snow in Abingdon
Daniel has taken more amazing aerial views of Abingdon.
More Snow in Abingdon
Tim sent me pictures of a lot of the snow people in his street. Some melted before he could get to them. This one appears to be supported by the wheelie bin.
More Snow in Abingdon
Michael visited the Albert Park and sent one of the more exotic snow people