The winner of an Abingdon Herald / VOWH (Vale of the White Horse) photography competition on the theme Beauty and Blight showed grafitti next to trees

Here is some more graffiti with flowers.

The public slipway looking towards some marina houses.

The water has an oily film near the ‘No Fishing….No Swimming’ sign.

On the far side of the park are views across the Thames, towards swift ditch…

and Didcot Power Station.

Are these early morning cyclists gazing at the source of that shadow?

As the Old Gaol and surrounding buildings await a developer to be chosen by the district council, the area remains vacant. The boards on the Old Police Station windows have been painted to make tromp l’oeil windows.