{"id":18684,"date":"2017-06-03T16:28:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T15:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=18684"},"modified":"2017-06-03T16:28:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T15:28:41","slug":"fun-in-the-park-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=18684","title":{"rendered":"Fun in the Park 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060301.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nA lovely day for the annual Fun in the Park, and the Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Jan Morter was to be seen going round talking to all the different groups taking part.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060302.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nThe Green Gym have a full programme of work this coming summer including a number of sessions battling Himalayan Balsam. They will even be joined by the Sonning Common Green Gym to tackle the Himalayan Balsam on the Ock Path &#8211; Tesco end &#8211; on June 24th. It was rife last year, and could take over Abingdon if left unchecked.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060304.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nAbingdon Scottish Country Dancers were first up on the big stage &#8211; used by both Fun in the Park, and Music in the Park later. There is a very quick turn-around between the two events.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060305.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nThere were six or seven different army regiments represented with different stalls. 7 Rifles is a Rifles&#8217; Reserve Infantry Battalion, based at the Edward Brooks Barracks in Abingdon. The Rifles were formed in 2007, partly from the Royal Berkshire Regiment &#8211; who had a long assocation with Abingdon, and were allowed the Freedom of Abingdon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060306.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nOn the Mind Stall, people were being encouraged to lift gym weights, and their household equivalents in weight. It is part of the Southey Way, a fitness programme that helps you build a strong body and mind #LiftYourMind.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060307.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nThere were a number of gazebos strung together where the Church in Abingdon had art and craft, face painting, refreshments, and a prayer space.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag17\/17060310.jpg\" alt=\"Fun in the Park\" \/><br \/>\nA dog on a tricycle amazed people with his witticisms on the way in and out of the event. <\/p>\n<p>The event is organised by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council, and there was a lot more on offer than featured here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely day for the annual Fun in the Park, and the Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Jan Morter was to be seen going round talking to all the different groups taking part. The Green Gym have a full programme of work this coming summer including a number of sessions battling Himalayan Balsam. They will even be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18684","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=18684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}