Googling ‘abingdon boundary walk’ I read it started at 11:30am, but failed to notice the date was 1 Jan 2014.
The walk really set out at 11:00am, as advertised on the posters round town, and I found them by walking the reverse direction along the Ock Valley Walk.
We then crossed the ancient Ock Bridge, peeped in at the MG Gardens, and then crossed the road at the Marcham Road lights.
The Town Crier, John Crowley, greeted people at various halts along the way on behalf of the Mayor and Town Council, wishing people a Happy New Year, as he woke some from their slumbers.
He did say he hoped that those indoors would grow a skin like a rhinocerous in 2015 and be able to join the Boundary Walk next year.
He also announced to those ‘waking with the hideous realisation of the new year’s resolutions so sincerely made last night‘ that he hoped ‘the resolutions will last longer than the hangover.‘
He introduced the ‘infinitely informative and lavishly loquacious‘ Patrick Bird who led the walk, and described the 1556 Abingdon boundaries.
At Abingdon Lock, where the two hour walk finished, Patrick showed us a boundary stone, marked with ‘A’ for Abingdob, and handed round pictures of other Abingdon and Parish Boundary stones.
For any children watching, that’s not how you walk a pedestrian crossing, at Marcham Road or anywhere else.
Lights on red, traffic stopped, green man is on!!
@Greasy Lakes
You aint seen nothing yet!
Wait until OCC move those lights and install the new ones on the Ock Street side of the roundabouts.