Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council has been removing chewing gum stains on their pavements, including the Market Place and the County Hall. One of the town council staff has been steaming and removing gum, but it takes time and doing just those areas will take a couple of days.
I would not expect them to remove gum from the general pavements that the County Council looks after.
St Helen’s Church was barely visible at 8:51 this morning because of the fog.
Traffic queued back along West St Helen Street. A minibus – full of children with hi-viz vests – was on its way to school. They were probably late, as were the people going to work.
The traffic slowly moved over the iron bridge from Wilsham Road and Caldecott Road. Some cars turned on Wilsham Road to try to find an alternative route. But everybody seemed patient and resigned to being a bit late. They let others in at junctions, and there was no hysterical beeping of horns.
Within an hour, the road traffic and the fog had cleared. Children were at school, adults were at work, and the sky was blue.
The Abbey Gateway was built in the fifteenth century at the entrance to Abingdon Abbey.
In this view, the afternoon sun is shaded by bollards, an information sign, and people passing by.
They are watched over by the gargoyles, furry with algae and moss,
and grotesques with gouged-out eyes.
A gargoyle spouts water and gargles. A grotesque is grotesque.
The other side of the archway has a medieval vaulted ceiling where grey stone looks golden in places.
Martin spotted this daffodil by the road to Rye Farm by the Kingfisher Barn yesterday. He asks if it is the first daffodil of the year.
There are early daffodils near the bowls club in Albert Park, but the first ones are not fully open.