On the Market Place, Heelas Heating were letting people know that their new eco friendly heating and energy showroom will be opening at 83 Vineyard on Sunday June 7th. They have a good web site, and good taste in dogs.

It was another beautiful day. This horse and carriage were heading up Stratton Way towards a wedding. It was a good day for weddings. And a good day for the Abbey Meadow and Open Air Pool. If anything they were even more packed than last weekend.

Another new business opened up down Ock Street… Club 100, a new fitness centre. They kicked off their first day with a Community Weight Loss Challenge.. Biggest Loser wins the £200 prize.

The Ock Street Traffic queue is, of course, not so new…

Good news that the Northmoor Trust will now manage Thrupp Lake, and that its future is now secure.

Bullfield Lake, next door, looks quite unaffected by the campaign that has been waged between nPower and Save Radley Lakes.

This other lake got filled in with ash from Didcot Power Station a few years ago.

They began as gravel pits but over the years Bullfield Lake and Thrupp Lake became established lakes with wildlife.

The South Abingdon Arts Project are painting the wall at Gainsborough Green this Half Term break.

Previous sessions were over Easter at the Family Centre, and at the NET youth centre on Thursday evenings.

Some large paintings and a mosaic dedication board have been created for display here. Saturday, 6th June, from 2.00pm onwards will see an afternoon celebrating the completion of this project. 

By this time next week there will no longer be a 35A bus. From Sunday it will be replaced by the X2.

Notices at the stops say “Buses on route 35A… will be replaced by new city X2 running direct between Oxford and Abingdon via the A34 and Oxford Road… “

The 35A has long been the bus connecting South Abingdon with the world beyond. It follows a circuitous route through Radley and Kennington to Oxford, or to Milton Park and Didcot.

The new X2 will be a direct route to Oxford – something South Abingdon has long needed. The bus also continues to go to Didcot for people needing Milton Park, Didcot Power Station, or Didcot Girls School.

New timetables for the X2, and re-timed 35, were available on the bus for the first time today, and from the oxford bus company website. Regarding the 35, which still follows the old route from Abingdon to Oxford via Radley, notices say “… delays will be reduced because there will be no knock-on effect from south of Abingdon.“