The Abingdon Rowing Club Committee have taken the decision to cancel this year’s Abingdon Spring Head of the River time trials. Not only can’t they get all their landing platforms, and other equipment, up to Rye Farm Meadow, but also it is too dangerous for rowing.
The two Abingdon quilt making groups: The Abbey Quilters and The Fitzharrys Quilters have a joint Quilt Exhibition at the Manor School,
It is open today and tomorrow (9-10 April 2016) from 10am – 4pm. When I went there were lots of people looking round the many quilts on display, and other stalls.
The exhibition has been going for about 16 years, I believe. It used to be held at Radley College but has moved to the Manor School in recent years. Quilting seems very popular in these parts, and Masons in Abingdon is a popular place for quilters to go for material.
In the lead up to the exhibition Mostly Books dedicated most of their shop window to displaying quilts and books about quilting, and they have a stall at the exhibition.
There has also been a competition of Fidget quilts – small quilts (A3 or slightly bigger) that soothe and entertain people suffering from various forms of dementia. About a dozen entries were on display and the winning entry is shown above.
The river by St Helen’s Wharf looked like a painting – the River Thames was so still and the clouds had an evening glow.
At the Margaret Brown Gardens some young lads ran over when I was taking this picture. They looked into the water for a scooter that another lad had allegedly thrown into the water.
All that was visible in the shallow water was a bicycle somebody else must have thrown in
Over the road from the Margaret Brown Gardens, the former Hygienic Laundry site has been made into flats.
The Vale of White Horse District Council have budgeted quite a lot of money in the next couple of years on car park improvements. They will invest £2,000,000 in expanding car park capacity throughout the Vale in next year’s budget. And this year are spending £150,000 improving the public conveniences in the Abingdon Charter Car Park, and £800,000 to transform the appearance and extend the serviceable life of the car park itself.
The Vale invested £320,000 in 2006 on refurbishment and prolonging the usefulness of the Charter Car Park.
So it will be interesting what more will be done this year to improve this facility ten years on.