The Abingdon Distillery has moved into part of Coxeter House and opened last week.
Abingdon Gin is distilled in copper stills on site, and on sale in bottles. There will be tours. The website https://abingdondistillery.com/ has the details.
The Stratton Way side of Coxeter House is changing into a bar or restaurant and will probably open in October.
Pedestrians do get stilled at this crossing for minutes at a time.
Abingdon Museum has an exhibition about some reptiles, fish and floaty creatures that might have been found in Jurassic times when Abingdon would have been a sea.
There are fossils and information boards describing creatures such as Ichthyosaurs, Pliasaurs, Plesiosaurs, Leedsichthys problematicus, Shastasaurs, Ammonites & Belemnites.
A large aquarium containing one large sea creature can be viewed through a VR headset. The VR headset has been popular and will be used in future with different VR films.
This weekend, the museum website https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/abingdon-county-hall-museum has details for a talk by the palaeontology professor from Portsmouth about the Pliosaurus (or Abingdon Sea Monster).
Martin has the Abingdon 2023 calendar on sale on his Monday Market Stall, beginning with a picture of a snowy January.
August has started dry with blue skies and warm sunshine. There was no butcher, but the fish van was there.
By the end of the day, all the Sunflowers, from the flower and plant stall, were sold.
A crochet pattern showing a sandy beach is on the Market Place post office box.
The High Street is bright and light; many wear summer shorts and dresses.
At Trinity Church, the scouts returned after camping in North Yorkshire, where they had rain. Tents were laid out to dry.
The Abingdon Drama Club annual walk into Oxford left Abingdon at 11 am. The walk is organised by Kevin Thompson, author of Willy and Wally the windscreen wipers. Kevin has been a stage manager for years. The walkers included directors, actors, lighting, and sound. They usually have a drink at Sandford Lock on the way.
One of the first things they saw on the way was the other swan family, the Mill Stream swans.
At St Nicolas Church, a book sale with coffee and cakes raised money for church funds. Books were good value at 50p each and 3 for £1.
At Abingdon Rugby Ground, the Oddballs Scooter Rally is on all weekend and many people are camping. On the Market Place, one scooter was parked. Others drove by, but not in the huge numbers sometimes seen during Oddball’s rallies.