This morning I was surprised to wake up to more snow.
The narrowboat wreck at the weir was successfully removed around December 31st after an earlier attempt on December 23rd. The River Thames is currently running high again and so the salvagers took their chance while they could.
Another boat is damaged and grounded on the wharf near The Upper Reaches. The Upper Reaches itself has been neglected for several years. Andy Ffrench in the Oxford Mail reported talks were going to take place between the Vale of White Horse District and the long term lease holder a few weeks ago.
The birds seemed to enjoy the thawing snow, with blackbirds and thrushes and this Robin searching food in the soft ground.
Traffic is back to rush hour peaks with people back at school and work. The above picture shows the slow crawl along St Helens Wharf.
There was also a lot of traffic going through, or to, Abingdon over Abingdon Bridge.
The snow is pretty while it lasts.
It didn’t seem like any roads were gritted recently. Monday morning’s snow was settling easily through town, up Oxford Road and to the A34….then really poor and settled snow all the way through Bagley Wood and down. Didn’t see a gritted road until at Hinksey/Redbridge.
What about any other routes what was Drayton Road, Ock Street and ring road like? We’re they gritted or also not done?