The window of Helen and Douglas House Carity Shop is looking the part, and this morning I went to what will probably be the best carol service all year. It was the Abingdon and district primary school carol service at St Helens. All the Abingdon primary schools were there, as well as primary schools from Berinsfield, Milton, Drayton, Steventon etc. Nobody can sing carols better that 600 children.
I’ve just returned from the precinct. As you can see from the picture it is more wet than snowy, but it still could pass as an Advent Calendar.

But this is what it looks like during the day. The second ashes test match against Australia has just begun, down under, and here is the Abingdon Vale cricket pitch.

This man was fishing with his chair and wellington boots ankle deep in water.