Rowers from Abingdon School, and Abingdon Rowing Club, are often to be seen out – early – on one of the best stretches of the River Thames – that is the stretch between Abingdon Bridge and Culham Lock.
The willow tree leaning from the Margaret Brown gardens trails weeping branches near the water.
The adult swans have parted company from their young. I read, while investigating the origins of Valentine’s Day yesterday, of an old Oxfordshire country notion that birds start pairing up from February 14th.
The mist soon lifts and, as the sky turns blue, St Helen’s Church becomes as clear as the Iron Bridge.
A Misty Start in Abingdon
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