Fairly Major Tree Felling

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Ben has just sent in another tree story. He reports a fairly major tree felling going on in the Albert Park yesterday afternoon. This affected trees near the park depot.
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Today was the 1st of October. I visited the park at about 8:30 am, and I could not see much sign of the previous day’s tree felling as the logs had been removed.
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There was some sawdust, and the tree with the kinky horizontal branch had lost some kinks.
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Otherwise things were as to be expected at this time of year. Leaves are turning from green to brown. If money grew on trees, we’d soon be raking it in.

Abbey Cinema, Library, and Big Issue

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The Abbey Cinema is open and showing films. This evening was the last showing of the blockbuster Tenet. The next films to appear will be the special features: David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet and Three Tenors: Voices for Eternity.
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Circling above Abingdon town centre at around midday, today, there was a helicopter.

I was entering the library at that time and it made it difficult to hear – especially with face coverings.

I raved, to the lady outside the door, about the book I was returning. I  dropped it in the box with the other returned books. I then used the hand sanitiser. Some landed on my hands and some spurted onto the floor.

The lady at the main desk then asked whether I wanted to read anymore by the author I had mentioned. Despite the helicopter, she had overheard. She looked on the system and found another book by that author, on the shelves, at 823.
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This coming Wednesday, the theme for the Abingdon Share a Poem group is Autumn. In the same shelf as 823 was 821 – Poetry. So one thing led to another and I found some good books and checked them out with the self service system. Outside I took a picture of fallen leaves.

I have not seen the Big Issue lady for some time but she was there, today, next to the mother and child statue. My wife thought the helicopter had been looking for a missing six year old who had been found.

Healthy Abingdon Walks

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Healthy Walks - Abingdon
Walking is simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier. It can also help you get to know more of Abingdon. Healthy Abingdon have started putting together some interesting walks around the town. The idea behind the walks are the exercise walks people have been taking since the Coronavirus crisis started. Currently there are five available at http://www.healthyabingdon.org.uk/walks.htm and they are are asking people to create more.

Tree branch falls in Bath Street

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Tree bits dropping off in Fitzharrys estate
Ben sent me a picture of a branch that fell off a tree in Bath Street. He says, ” It fell blocking the entrance to the footpath into the Fitzharrys estate. It is NOT the entire tree, whatever the Oxford Mail might say. No one was hurt, fortunately.”

When I went to investigate the branch had been removed, and the Horse Chestnut tree from which it came was still standing.
Tree bits dropping off in Fitzharrys estate
A lady saw me taking pictures and asked if I was from the Council, because branches did drop off the tall trees. She pointed out this Lime Tree.
Tree bits dropping off in Fitzharrys estate
She also mentioned some tall redwoods near houses, that she said were leaning. I said I was not from the council, but I could report her worries on my blog.

These mature trees are left from the Fitzharrys House grounds. The house was demolished in 1953 and the current ‘modern’ houses added.