Abingdon Residents gather on doorsteps to applaud Captain Sir Tom Moore and the NHS

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People in the UK (including Abingdon on Thames) returned to doorsteps at 6pm to applaud a 100-year-old veteran who had raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden. He died yesterday with Covid-19.
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Residents of West St Helen Street were led by John, whose drum helped to bring out residents who had not heard of the proposed doorstep applause.

John said that he had intended to do one on Thursday at 8pm but then the Prime Minister announced the national applause for Wednesday at 6pm.

Abingdon Floods – Geese, Swans and Allotments

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The gardens of the stilt houses in Mill Paddock have been attracting a lot of attention with the floods.

Nearby, at St Helen’s Mill, there have been people from the Environment Agency pumping out water from behind the flood protection wall.
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The water level is almost up to the level of the wall of the Margaret Brown Gardens.
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The River Thames may have only gone up a small amount since yesterday but to do that it has to cover a huge area of flood plain on the other bank.
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Hales Meadow, the home of the Abingdon Vale Cricket Club, has known floods like this during many winters and occasional summers.
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There was no way to walk down the road to the Marina Park. The Marina car park is hidden behind these swans, and the road to the car park would go over the top of a wellington boot.
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On the other side of the A34, Rosemary says ‘our plot at Wildmoor Allotments isn’t looking too great!’

Abingdon Floods – River Ock and Thames today + Video footage

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The Ock Valley Walk is largely under water because of the floods.
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People living near Chaunterell Waya have been putting sticks in the ground to track the high water mark of the River Ock. The water is going down again after peaking last night. The houses are above the floods.
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Tesco is also above water even though one of the roads is flooded.
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The footpath from Chaunterell Way to Tesco is under the waves that are sweeping through surrounding trees.
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Meanwhile the level of the River Thames has been rising but at a slower rate.
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The splash pad is the only thing currently above water in the splash pad area in the Abbey Meadows.
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Abingdon Weir and Abingdon Lock can be reached with caution from the Abbey Meadows, but you cannot go far when you get to the other side.
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The Environment Agency have graphs to show the water levels at https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/7081 and https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/7073?direction=d.

Sunrise over the flooded Abingdon floodplain (has anyone lost a hearing aid)

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There has been a lot of rain over the last three days. Ditches are full to overflowing and country roads have large puddles.
Sunrise over the Abingdon floodplain
I went out for an early morning walk with the sky showing shades of pink. The River Thames floodplain is again flooded – as seen above at the Abbey Vale Cricket ground.Sunrise over the Abingdon floodplain
Rye Farm Meadow is flooded round the houses and cottages by Abingdon Bridge.
Sunrise over the Abingdon floodplain
At the Abbey Meadow there were two other people taking pictures of the sun rising over the flooded landscape. One I know puts very good pictures on Facebook.

There was thin ice on the fringes of the floodwater.
Sunrise over the Abingdon floodplain
The sun rising over the horizon was reflected in the water.
Sunrise over the Abingdon floodplain
The early sunlight gilded the wall near the open air pool.

P.S. Richard says ‘I was walking down peep-o-day lane on Wednesday 27th January and found a hearing aid there , I have been trying to get it back to its owner through walking groups I know. would you be able to put something on your blog to help with this’ Email backstreet60@gmail.com and I will forward to Richard.