A new cake shop will open on Stert Street on Saturday, 21st, 2023. The business, established in 2019, previously traded from Bayworth, a village near Abingdon, selling cakes made for special occasions.
This is the first new shop to open in Abingdon in 2023.
Pictures of cakes can be seen on instagram.com/lottiesbakeaway.
2022 was the busiest year yet for Thames Valley Air Ambulance, with over 3000 callouts.
They were called out to 1,161 incidents in Berkshire, 1,086 in Buckinghamshire, 818 in Oxfordshire, and 93 in the surrounding area.
Last weekend, the air ambulance was called out near Abingdon Rugby Club.
Looking at the interactive mission map, you can see previous callouts up to December 2022, including those to Abingdon.
As a charity, they rely on donations of funds and volunteers’ time. Abingdon Air and Country Show always gives them a prominent place and offers a large donation from any profits. The 23rd annual show is on Saturday, 20th May 2023.
The river had broken its banks but had not yet flooded the field.
At the height of the summer drought, there were a few trickles at Abingdon weir. Now there is a torrent.
When Thames Water ended the hosepipe ban on 22nd November, after heavy rain in November, they said, ‘We predict that just 60% of normal winter rain will return capacity (that is underground sources, rivers, and reservoirs) to normal by next spring.’
Their December 2022 situation report says ‘Farmoor reservoir capacity continued to increase, and by December month end was 97%. Capacity also increased to 82% in the Lower Thames reservoirs at the end of December, but this is still below the long-term average.’
Today we wore our wellington boots because gusty winds and heavy rain continued. On Stert Street, the surface water was splashed towards pedestrians and shops.
Surface water was also on this corner of Park Road and Conduit Road.
Lighter showers are predicted tomorrow.