Swan Uppers under “a month’s worth of rain in one day”

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Swan Uppers
The Swan Uppers arrived at Abingdon Bridge on Friday July 24th after a five day swan census beginning at Sunbury on Monday.
Swan Uppers
Friday was predicted as having “a month’s worth of rain in one day”.
Swan Uppers
There were half a dozen people waiting on Abingdon Bridge when the skiffs arrived at around 4:40pm. I don’t know if they caught the Abingdon swans. There was not the usual toast to the Queen under Abingdon Bridge. They hurried to get indoors for a drink at the Nags Head.

World Record Loom Band to reach the Moon

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Loom Bands to the Moon
The new world record is on The Guinness World Records.

It can also be read about it on The BBC , Abingdon Herald, BT.com …

Skye Hall took part in the children’s craze of weaving small colourful bands into bracelets, but took it to another level while undergoing treatment for cancer. He had the dream to make a loom band long enough to stretch to the moon. His courage and dream has seen his family and friends this week taking the world record.
Loom Bands to the Moon
Today there was a fun day at the Abingdon Business Park, and the presentation of the certificate by The Mayor, Helen Pighills, who has made Blue Skye Thinking one of her charities.

They are continuing to fund raise so other young lives can be saved.

Polish Food Shop – opening soon

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Polish Food Shop
The new Polish Food shop at the top of West St Helen Street has started to stock the shelves. I am not sure how many Polish people live in Abingdon, but as always we locals are up for giving it a go.
Polish Food Shop
Using Google Translate I see:
Polish Food Shop = Polski Sklep Food
You’re Welcome = Serdecznie Zapraszamy
Opening Soon !!! = Wkrótce Otwarcie !!!

Some other useful vocabulary:
Yes: Tak (as in tick-‘tack’)
No: Nie (as in ‘nyeh’-nyeh-na-na-na)
OK: Dobrze (‘dough’ plus a ‘b’ then ‘she’)

Good day: Dzien dobry (‘jean’ and ‘dough’ plus ‘bree’ like the cheese)
Hi: Czesc (use this one on friends only: ‘che sh ch’ but run it all together as one sound)
Bye: Czesc (works like ‘aloha’ or ‘ciao’ or ‘salut’, making informal comings and goings easy)
Good bye: Do widzenia (‘dough’ and ‘wid zen ya’ comes close enough)

Summer Holiday Road Works pending

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School Holidays
The Drayton Road between Mill Road and the double mini roundabout will be resurfaced during the school holidays.
School Holidays
From this shot near the Ladygrove Meadow (and summer fair) it does appear that the surface is cracking up. This section of road has been flooded, and had to carry more traffic than most.
School Holidays
More is to come with the Morland Gardens development pending. The arguments of local people, ALL local Councillors and the local MP, Nicola Blackwood, who know the Drayton Road traffic problems, have had no effect, against this particular development.

Oxfordshire County Council need to look deeper than resurfacing to fix Drayton Road.