{"id":1117,"date":"2007-06-03T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-03T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2007\/06\/03\/scenic-lake-dumping-ground-for-big-business\/"},"modified":"2007-06-03T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-03T16:34:00","slug":"scenic-lake-dumping-ground-for-big-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=1117","title":{"rendered":"Scenic Lake &#8211; dumping ground for big business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/images\/07060302.jpg\" \/><br \/>There were crowds in the Abbey Meadows this weekend enjoying the open air pool and the water jets. There were queues at the ice-cream kiosk, and <span>Waitrose<\/span> was busy at lunchtime, selling out of those serve yourself salads.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/images\/07060301.jpg\" \/><br \/>Elsewhere in <span>Abingdon<\/span> there was a steady flow of cyclists going past <span>Radley<\/span> Lake. The lake is likely to be drained and used as a dumping ground for ash from <span><span>Didcot<\/span><\/span> Power Station. A lot of the trees have already been destroyed, and native birds like  kingfishers have gone.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/images\/07060303.jpg\" \/><br \/>But these locals are still putting up a fight (my dog joined them for the picture). They have been trying to stop <span>RWE<\/span> <span><span>nPower<\/span><\/span> by proving that the Lake has been used <span><span>recreationally<\/span><\/span> (that is like a Village Green) for at least twenty years, and they would be glad to hear from more witnesses. The <span><span>Radley<\/span><\/span> Lake public enquiry begins again on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveradleylakes.org.uk\/\">20<span><span>th<\/span><\/span> June<\/a>.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/images\/07060304.jpg\" \/><br \/>Most people get to the <span><span>Radley<\/span><\/span> Lakes along this cycle track. <span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were crowds in the Abbey Meadows this weekend enjoying the open air pool and the water jets. There were queues at the ice-cream kiosk, and Waitrose was busy at lunchtime, selling out of those serve yourself salads.Elsewhere in Abingdon there was a steady flow of cyclists going past Radley Lake. The lake is likely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}