
A is for Abingdon – on the other side of the River Thames from most of Abingdon.

B is for the 1870 Abingdon Parliamentary Boundary, a few feet from A.

C is for The Spring Road Cemetery.

Stone crosses lean together.

An angel looks down.
Snow Day 2

S I N J U N @lordsinjun tweeted this picture of a polar bear seen in #Abingdon.
There was still lots of snow for making snowmen, snowcreatures and pulling children round on sledges. I even saw one child being pulled on a sledge across Caldecott Rec by a bike.

As always when it snows I take far too may pictures to put them all on the blog. These are possibly my favorite five … St Helens Wharf viewed from Wilsham Road …

Trendell’s Folly in the Abbey Gardens …

A fisherman by the River Thames …

Twitty’s Almshouses.

St Helen’s Church with snow like blossom on the trees.
Other pictures can be found on a facebook album called Snow in Abingdon on 18-19th Jan 2013 .
Back in Abingdon after snow

Got back to Abingdon after a four hour drive that usually only takes one. The band of snow had already passed Abingdon but caused great problems when I tried to leave Bracknell at the same time as lots of other people.

I was back in time to donate blood at Preston Road Community Centre but that had been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions. So I still have the blood.

Stopped off at Reynolds Way shops to get something to eat only to have snow balls thrown at the car by some giggling children hiding near the garages.
Finally I uploaded a youtube video of the last 2 minutes of the long journey.
The Old Post Office

JD Wetherspoon have been at work fitting out the Old Post Office in Abingdon High Street to become a pub. Workmen have been in there for a while, but the boards round the front do make it more obvious.