11:50 pm yesterday

RADLEY LAKES WON!! Npower announcing that lake will not be used and will be donated to the community. Deal struck to dispose of more than enough ash elsewhere. This is from reliable sources. PRESS CONFERENCE AT LAKES 2PM (wed) for those who can make it. NICE ONE!!!

8:30 am today

How about the Precinct announcement for your blog?

The catering awards, and large fair trade signs have gone from the side of the Broad Face now that Mellie and Robin are no longer there in charge.

Together they have done a lot for Abingdon. They ran a popular pub, serving good food, which always seemed to be doing well. It was Mellie that led the bid to get Abingdon Fairtrade status.

I expect the tradition of good food, and fairtrade coffee, will continue at the Broad Face, as most of the staff are the same. Sadly, not all!

The curtain of lights in the museum windows have just appeared for the first time.

The lights along High Street are the same as previous years.

The candles round the Market Place are also new.

There is an ‘Ock Valley Walk’ information board at both ends of the walk, since the recent addition of this board at the Drayton Road end.

The river is riding high.

Here is the confluence of the two streams, close to where they merge into the River Thames.