Abingdon’s second outdoor gym

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Outdoor gym equipment has appeared all the way round the Boxhill Recreation Ground. Some of it was still partly wrapped on Saturday – near the old Workhouse wall, that incidentally somebody was mending.

But some equipment was usable and the children playing football with St Edmunds Football Club had a go before their match kicked off.

Outdoor gyms have grown in popularity in recent years.

The first outdoor gym area in Abingdon was created about three years ago on the Ladygrove Meadow Play Area, near the Drayton Road bridge. Such gyms are free to use and don’t need membership.

The floods have gone – just a few barriers remain

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Anybody wanting to walk along the Ock Valley walk will find that the path is still blocked. Water levels are down a long way down from a week ago, but protective barriers remain.

There are not only barriers on the Ock Valley Walk, and the Margaret Brown garden, but also on the viewing area on Wilsham Road, where a hole has appeared during the floods.

Church in Abingdon sings the hymn tune ‘Abingdon’

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Today the United Service of the Church in Abingdon was held at Trinity Church. This is an annual celebration for the 14 member churches.

In the foyer, and round the church, were displays from a number of projects supported or closely connected with the Church in Abingdon, such as the Street Pastors.

Rev’d Richard Bittleston led a short service and also played piano. Richard will be leaving Trinity in the summer, at which point Trinity and All Saints will be getting a new joint minister. The number of ministers are being reduced in these days of declining church attendance in some of the more traditional churches.

The final hymn was to the hymn tune Abingdon. A recording from my phone can be heard here.

Closing Down Sale at Abingdon Fashion

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Abingdon Fashion are having a closing down sale, and will be open on alternating Saturdays until they have sold most of the remaining stock – or the lease comes to an end.

The shop started as a way of people selling second hand clothes, but since being renamed as Abingdon Fashion they have been selling new clothes for women and children.