On the Market Place yesterday there was a single gazebo publicising the ATOM Festival of Science Technology.

Next Saturday there will be a dozen, possibly eighteen stalls, with free science activities in the open air. There will also be a variety of talks and science activities from 22nd to 26th March. All can be seen on the ATOM Website.

Meanwhile down on the River Thames members of the Abingdon Rowing Club were out checking the course for the upcoming Abingdon Spring Head on Sunday 9th April. It is a great spectacle when rowers race the 2000 metres from Culham Reach to Wilsham Road in a mass time trial. They start at the following times:
Division 1 – 09.30
Division 2 – 11.45
Division 3 – 14.00
Division 4 – 16.15
You can watch from either bank.

At the Tennis and Leisure centre in Audlett Drive this evening (Friday) the first exhibitors were starting to set up the. Abingdon Model Railway Show which hits town fully tomorrow.

This is a big show with twenty different railway layouts, and a lot of trade stalls for anyone interested in modelling. The crowded picture above is from 2009.

Noreen and Aidan took over running the Kings Head and Bell in December, and will be holding a charity beer festival over St Patrick’s weekend 16th – 19th March. They will be donating 10p for each pint of real ale or cider sold over the four days towards the Air Ambulance.

This picture is from St Patrick’s Day, 2010, in the Kings Head and Bell.

Looking at the notice boards in town there are some interesting events in Abingdon next week

The ABCD Film Society have their annual Silent Movie with piano accompaniment.

A Russian Orthodox Male Voice Choir will perform at St Helen’ Church.

Brief Encounter is to be performed by Abingdon Drama Club.