Brown (garden waste) bin collection suspended

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Brown Bins suspended
‘A press release earlier this week said ‘South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have taken the difficult decision to activate their business continuity plan and suspend their garden waste collections.’

‘The councils’ bin crews will be prioritising the collection of food waste, recycling and general waste collections following government guidelines in a bid to reduce the disruption to waste collections.’

Not everybody has got the message. These shots along the Oxford Road in Abingdon were this Saturday morning and the collection should have been Thursday.
Brown Bins suspended
There was a delay to the collection of recycled and garden waste two weeks ago.

‘The disruption is due to the ongoing issues of a shortage of HGV drivers who are needed to drive the councils’ waste collection vehicles. This is a national issue, not just affecting the districts.’

It could be down to the need to self-isolate.

The council will review the situation towards the end of August before providing an update.

Charter Public Conveniences Out of Order

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Charter Public Conveniences
Somebody took the trouble to write me a letter to say that the public conveniences at the Charter car park in Abingdon are out of order and have been for some time.
Charter Public Conveniences
Essential maintenance work at the multi-storey Charter car park has been ongoing since 3rd March but, the writer says, ‘that effects level 3 and above, not the ground floor.‘

An issue with the public conveniences was raised on Fix My Street on 28th March 2021. I can see no progress update on fix my street, or the Charter car park website.

The writer says ‘It is rather inconvenient!’

David Melling Exhibition

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David Melling Exhibition
The work of artist and children’s story maker, David Melling, are currently showing at Abingdon Museum as part of the exhibition Drawing Stories; Fairy Tales & Wildlife.
David Melling Exhibition
The exhibition includes a display case loaded with David’s books.
David Melling Exhibition
There are also some drawing called Lockdown Wood. They are intricate bulbous and spiny tree-like structures with bird houses. David created them during the empty days of lockdown.
David Melling Exhibition
The largest part of the exhibition shows small coloured pencil bird drawings and larger charcoal and pencil bird and animal drawings. David Mellings lives in Abingdon and is often to be seen drawing and signing books in Abingdon’s book shops.

The exhibition can be seen at Abingdon Museum: Tuesday – Sunday , 10 am – 4 pm , until 26th September 2021.

Last drone shot of Kingsgate development. First unit sold.

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Kings Gate
This drone shot was taken from Daniel’s last video of the Kingsgate development, filmed two weeks ago. Since then the drone has been lost in the Oxford Canal.
Kings Gate
I did ask Daniel how much a new drone cost and he said ‘too much’.
Kings Gate
I cycled by the Kingsgate development this evening and was surprised how quickly and how green the grass has grown mid summer.
Kings Gate
Traffic lights are still in place while the slip lane to the new entrance is laid.
Kings Gate
The interactive sales map of the development shows that unit 5 is the first one to be sold. Units 1,2,4,6,7, and 192 are ‘For Sale’. The rest are for the future.