Ice Breakers

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Milder Air
Thanks to Helen P for this picture of swans walking on the river ice
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and acting as ice breakers.
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And thanks to Bob who sent a picture of coots in an increasingly narrow trench of clear water.
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There are signs of milder breezes from the South – as shown by this weather vane down Checker Walk..
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It should allow the black swan that has be come a feature near the Margaret Brown Gardens to return to its normal winter feeding ground. It does not seem popular with the white swans.

White Christmas

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Christmas Day
No fresh snow but there is plenty of crusty snow from a week ago. The pavements are slippery.
Christmas Day
Merry Christmas From Abingdon. This is possibly the first white Christmas we have seen in all the years we have lived here. (Pictures taken near Abingdon Lock. )

Goodbye Local Roots

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Local Roots
Christopher and Sukey opened Local Roots in East St Helen Street in May 2008. They gave us seasonal vegetable boxes, local art and craft, a kids club called Seedlings. They helped us think local. It was a friendly place to drink coffee and read the newspaper.

They are closing today, Christmas Eve, at 4pm, for the final time.

Their shop was inspirational. It is a great shame it has not worked out. They are just not able to carry on in the current economic climate. In two years time it might be quite different but they cannot take that risk.