The Christmas Lights are down, and floods are abating. So what else has been happening. It appears that The Harp, (formerly Plough) on Stert Street, has closed and the Cross Keys has re-opened.
The Harp’s loss is the Cross Keys’ Gain. The Proprietors have moved from one to t’other.
Yesterday’s home game at Abingdon Town FC was postponed.
The Abingdon Parkrun, which starts and ends in Rye Farm Meadow (shown above), was cancelled. Organisers said “The risk to safety is too great to stage this weekend’s event.
Moored Boats appear to have survived without the scaffolding used during some previous floods.
There have been having some good sunsets and sunrises – picture taken this morning at the Abbey Meadows.
Thanks to David for the final picture taken yesterday morning at 9:30. He says “The stranded boat that was in Abingdon has moved on again and is caught in the safety fence before Culham weir.”
More pictures on an Abingdon Blog Facebook Album.
Well over 200 Christmas Trees were recycled on Abingdon Market Place today. That may well have beaten last year’s record (205) but I could not get an exact figure this year. It shows that people have got into the habit of using this town council service.
The chippings will be used locally on paths and parks.
One feature of this flood is that people can explore the flood using the latest craze – stand up paddle boats (Steve’s Picture).
The runaway boat that got stuck on a field in 2013 finally got free in 2014 (Pat’s Picture).
Downstream from Abingdon Marina, a similar boat had been spotted – lodged between trees. So it has not got away from Abingdon yet.
People were saying today “water levels were higher yesterday”. So the flood mark at Abingdon Lock was possibly underwater then.
Finally thanks to Mark from Mostly Books for a youtube video exploring the floods with the children.