Get Walking

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Ramblers
To encourage new members the Ramblers are organising walks throughout the country called Get Walking Days. The Abingdon Get Walking Day is on Sunday 15th May. They will be meeting at 10.30 am in the Market Place, near La Baguette, for a leisurely 4.5 mile walk which takes in Andersey Island, the Thames Path, to Thrupp House and back through the Abbey Meadow. For those interested, there will be a pub stop afterwards and a chance to see some Dragon Boat racing.

All  walks are published and the walks programme for Oxfordshire can be found at: www.ramblers-oxon.org.uk

(Thanks to Stuart for sending me the invite.)

Late Deliveries

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Abingdon artists
On election day at least a third of people coming to the polling station had not received a polling card.  The Didcot Herald reported a similar situation in South Oxfordshire under the headline “Inquiry into election ‘shambles’ ” .  A lot of people are now getting polling cards belatedly as  batches come through from the Swindon depot.  Hope not too many people missed out as a result.

Oxfordshire Art Weeks – Week 1

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Abingdon artists
Oxfordshire Art Weeks runs for 3 weeks, and the first week has some Abingdon venues. One is St Helens Church.
Abingdon artists
My wife liked this one of the sky and red kite.
Abingdon artists
She also liked the one in the centre here. I think it is done by somebody we used to know when our children were little who has recently taken up art.  Both have red dots to say they are sold.  Too late for those two but there is a lot more to look round.

Proud mum with ugly baby

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Coots Nest
A little while back this blog featured a coot’s nest below the Margaret Brown Gardens.

Since then the nest has drifted, or been rebuilt, near the railings, and people are still throwing things in at it. There is the remains of a chip cone, and so much bread that the coots never need go out to find food.

There is also a chick, under the protection of the mother’s wing, with a little red head – as bald as a vulture. But despite that, mum still looks very proud.

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Thanks to Dave’s comment(1). He thinks the nest I show is of another pair and sent this picture of the original nest ….
Coots Nest
Dave says “I thought that this drifting boat may have caused this coot to abandon this nest or perhaps the recent thunder storm was the cause. I suspect that these coots have moved across to the other side of the river although I think that their chick may not have survived.”