Thankyou to Aileen for this information …

Clare Mackintosh in conversation
Tuesday 5th March, St Nicolas’ Church, 6.30pm

Join us as we welcome Clare Mackintosh to discuss her new book, I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief. This event is supported by Child Bereavement UK.

Tickets £10 / £20 with book (RRP £18.99)

Clare Balding book signing
Tuesday 12th March, Mostly Books, from 4pm

Come to Mostly Books to meet author and broadcaster Clare Balding! She’ll be signing copies of her new children’s book, Animal All-Stars.

Tickets £10 (including a copy of the book, RRP £10.99)

Alice Winn in conversation
Friday 22nd March, St Nicolas’ Church, 6.30pm

Join us as we welcome Alice Winn to celebrate the paperback publication of her acclaimed debut novel, In Memoriam, in one of only four UK events.

Tickets £10 / £15 with book (RRP £9.99)

By five past five, it was already getting dark, thanks to the clocks being set forward by an hour last night. Most of our timing devices are computerised and change automatically these days, but the church clock still needs to be wound manually.

Today, the sun was up between 6:53 a.m. and 4:43 p.m. (9 hours, 50 minutes).

Yesterday it was up from 7:51 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. (9 hours and 54 minutes).

We are losing about 3.4 minutes of sunlight a day.

More interesting data about the sun is at https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/oxford?month=10.

David Pope handed over Abingdon Rotary Club to the new fun President Debs Axtell, at a meeting on 28th June in The King’s Head and Bell. David said they also inducted a new member into the club, and they are looking forwards to an exciting new Rotary year in Abingdon!

The bank near Abingdon Weir is quite soft and has subsided after floods earlier in the winter. There has been some patching of the path, and barriers have recently been added.

England had the driest February since 1993 and so water levels are down to safe boating levels.