Blossom is showing in the Albert Park in Abingdon, some of it pink
and some of it white.
It is not only blossom time but also time for some of the bright yellow forsythia blooms to show.
Blossom in Albert Park
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Big Day for Lidl
It is a big day for Lidl in Abingdon. Staff were busy on last minute preparations for opening the new Lidl supermarket on the Fairacres Retail Park. The Abingdon Lidl is one new store out of a hundred to be opened in 2021/22. A press release said ‘£1.3bn investment plans for 2021 and 2022 will drive the opening of 100 additional stores across Great Britain’.
A hoarding was being driven round Abingdon with the words ‘Big on Abingdon … Drum roll please, opens Thurs 29 April …‘.
Also of note are four new electric car charging points at Lidl.
On the Fairacres sign can be seen Homebase and Lidl are opening soon. The Gym, Costa Coffee, and Bathstore will also be opening soon.
The Fairacres Phase 2 re-development is nearly completed. Contractors are busy converting the ground nearest the Marcham Road roundabout into a Homebase garden and outdoor area.
One thing that has not changed is the postbox on Nuffield Way. Everything around it changed during the re-development.
Flowers before Rain in St Ethelwold’s Garden
A week ago there was a notice on the gate of St Ethelwold’s Houses to say that the garden would be closed from Monday to Wednesday this week for the installation of an irrigation system. The notices have been taken down and I did not see any signs of irrigation work. Perhaps it went quicker than planned. Last night it rained a lot and flattened some plants. The tulips had already been shedding their bright petals in St Ethelwold’s garden.
These pictures were taken before the rain:
A new notice has appeared saying there will be a Gong Bath in the Sanctuary.
Traffic at 5 pm through Abingdon
There was very heavy traffic heading into Abingdon at 5 pm today.
The queue into Abingdon stretched out of sight towards Culham on the A415.
The traffic was also heavy going up West St Helen Street.
More people must have returned to work and school in April 2021 and traffic looks close to pre-pandemic levels.
The traffic was at its quietest during the second week of the first lockdown. The recent lockdown saw a smaller reduction.