The Abbey Meadows Outdoor Pool is now open, just in time for a spell of warmer weather. With the sunshine returning today, people were already making the most of it and enjoying a swim and sun bathe.

I wasn’t able to go inside to take photographs, but nearby Sally from the Carbon Cutters and a colleague were busy planting and watering the Edible Abingdon plot beside the pool. Behind them, if you look carefully, you can just glimpse a lifeguard on duty and swimmers in the pool.

The pool’s opening times will remain weather dependent. Staff have been hard at work over the past week or so getting everything ready for the new season.