Martin spotted this daffodil by the road to Rye Farm by the Kingfisher Barn yesterday. He asks if it is the first daffodil of the year.
There are early daffodils near the bowls club in Albert Park, but the first ones are not fully open.
There are three large yellow cranes on the Abingdon School grounds. Contractors have demolished the Amey Theatre Conservatory and are using one crane to erect a new building known as Beech Court Pavilion alongside the Amey Theatre.
The other cranes are busy with other rebuild projects.
Abingdon School is set on extensive grounds in the centre of Abingdon and is conscious of being part of a larger community. Their Community Services web page at https://www.abingdon.org.uk/other-half/service-activities/the-role-of-community-service-at-abingdon/ explains more.
The Trinity Table Top sale was held on Saturday and raised £979 (and counting) towards church funds. It also brought people together. There was a Carswell P.T.A stall, Abingdon Baptist stall, and guides stall, among others.
Margaret Horton had an art stall and brought her picture of the venue, Conduit Centre (Trinity church hall).
35 Ock Street provided the home for Baptist ministers between 1720 and 1968. It now provides an open space with a cafe and usually has a small exhibition by a local artist. This week there are painting by Judith Payne.
This Morland sign is on Bridge Street in Reading, close to St Mary’s church and the old centre of Reading.
There is a web page showing Morland pubs at http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Morland_&_Co_Ltd_Pubs. It shows that Morland was once the size of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom with pubs from Leicester to Southampton and from Somerset to Surrey. The Be at One cocktail Bar was then called the Cross Keys.