Somebody counted over 81 participants in the beating the bounds walk round Abingdon this morning – more than last year. The walk begins on the Market Place. Then follows – as closely as possible – the 1556 Abingdon Borough boundary. In places old geographical features are no longer recognisable so there is some guesswork.

A photographer from the Oxford Mail was there to cover the beginning of the walk.

The walk then followed the Ock Valley to the Ock Bridge. A willow had split in two covering the path. There have been strong winds recently, and so there was a short diversion.

Participants had to go out of the way on Marcham Road where the traffic lights have been moved.

At every stop the town crier rang his bell, and Penny Clover, who was leading the walk, told us something about the history of the place where we stood.