Borough of Abingdon Sign in Saxton Road

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Saxton Road
The Saxton Arms public house should be designated a listed building before anybody tries to change it for the worse. There is a great view of the pub from Reynolds Way.
Saxton Road
Saxton Road had a great uniformity when first laid out. The Borough of Abingdon had a plan for the people moved out of the old unfit housing in Ock Street. I think they tried to keep people in the same community from where they came but with more space and better housing. The houses and pub were very uniform at first, but the creation of the Home Zone almost a decade ago has changed that.
Saxton Road
People have also transformed their gardens – some with great individuality.
Saxton Road
I doubt if there is a better “Borough of Abingdon” sign in the rest of Abingdon.

Recycling Christmas Trees on the Market Place

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recycle Christmas Trees Locally
The lights were taken off the Market Place Christmas Tree. Branches were then lopped off and fed into a wood chipper.
recycle Christmas Trees Locally
Soon all that remained was a spiny trunk.

The Abingdon public brought their own Christmas Trees.
recycle Christmas Trees Locally
Some dragged their trees, others brought them by car.
recycle Christmas Trees Locally
The Town Council Team then fed each tree into the chipper.

140 trees were recycled on the Market Place in January 2011. By January 2012 that number had jumped to 164.
recycle Christmas Trees Locally
This year 133 trees had already been recycled by midday. That number had jumped to 192 with ten minutes to go. The team were intending to stop at 3:00 pm but then there was a late rush of Christmas Trees.

The team stayed a little late by which time they had recycled 205 trees. Those tree chippings will help pave walks on the Ock Valley.

2013 Day 5 – Floods are Gone but Barriers Remain

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2013 day 5 - dry so far
Some people have started to ignore the barriers that are still in position either end of the Ock Valley Walk.
2013 day 5 - dry so far
The water no longer covers the path, and so there seems no real danger. My guess is that somebody in authority has just forgotten to remove the barriers. But it does allow the birds a few more days without human disturbance.
2013 day 5 - dry so far
News reports did say that 2012 was the second wettest year since records began.

2013 has started dry so hopefully that record will not be broken this year. The River Thames has returned to normal levels leaving the sandbags high and dry.