These pigeons hardly moved as I walked by.

For anybody interested in Abingdon pigeons there have been two previous posts on Jan 22nd 2006 and 31st May 2006.

There is more variety in the colour of feral pigeons than most birds. I would guess that is because mankind has had such a hand in breeding them. This group include two whites, and a variety of light and dark greys with and without darker wing bars.

The first group of 2 + 8 are pictured looking upstream toward St Helens Wharf,
and the second group of 5 are looking downstream toward Didcot Power Station. The boat is accompanying a boat with eight oarsmen, just out of sight.

The Riverside development is nearing completion, and the big sign says ‘Move in For Christmas!’
Looked at another way, the message is more like Russian script.
The developers say on the site-plan in the Estate Agents window that a bridge might be built across the Abbey Mill Stream. If they get planning permission, it would be about here…

There was a very bright Bath Street as we strolled into town early this morning.
In the Stratton Way underpass, a knight of the order of the Holy Cross, and St Edmund of Abingdon were praying over a broken bike which somebody had left in their care.
A man-size badger was at the Market Place, waving at little children, and posing for the camera.
The badger was part of the BBOWT craft market on the Market Place and in the Guildhall. BBOWT stands for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Older readers may remember they were BBONT (N for Nature).
Also on the Market Place were representatives of The Abingdon Bridge with a stall letting people know what they do (they are an information, support, and training service for young people). They have a 2007 calendar costing £4.99.
The December calendar girl could be a future nurse.

During the AbITs consultation there were diagrams with projected traffic queues. West St Helens Street had only small queues in the computer projection. Compare that to this everyday situation!

The system is not complete. We still need the queue activated traffic lights to be switched into action.

Only the County Council knows when that is going to happen.

People are not getting enough information now. For some, livelihoods are at stake.