This multiplay arrived in an Abingdon recreation ground earlier this year. It is on that most bumpy of all Abingdon’s play areas,

not far from this: Mural by T Rawlings – W Zawadzki – G Rudman & E O’Reilly – Work Experience 1996.

As you can see the mural has been added to more recently.

‘Oxfordshire Life’ is on a special stand at Waitrose this month. The front cover, and a colourful article, features Abingdon.

“After the floods Abingdon says: We’re Open for Business… Ready to welcome visitors back…”

“Located at the seat of the Vale of the White Horse, Abingdon is a pretty town situated on the bank of the Thames known for its unique shopping, rich cultural history and charm.”

Need I go on?

With buildings like this

And roads like this

And flowers like this…

Beyond Southern Town park, there is the sewage treatment works, and allotments, and there are short trails that lead into bushes and brambles but then become impassible.

So fruit like this doesn’t always get picked

The running track re-opened, back in June, after it got a new surface. There was also work to create wheelchair anchor points for the throwing events. These were the first major changes since the track opened back in 1995.