{"id":23323,"date":"2019-10-09T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=23323"},"modified":"2019-10-09T00:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T23:02:13","slug":"abingdon-michaelmas-fair-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=23323","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair &#8211; Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100728.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe crowds were out on both Monday and Tuesday for the Michaelmas Fair.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100702.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThere had been a lot of rain earlier in the day on both days, but it was mostly dry at the peak time of late afternoon and early evening.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100739.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe fair rides were not that different from previous years. But this view will change as the new old people&#8217;s flats are being built along Ock Street. The residents are going to have great views as some of the biggest rides will be opposite.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100731.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe best view, unless you own a drone, is from the high swing ride at the end of Ock Street.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100713.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThis picture is taken from near Reeves chip shop where people sit along the wall and eat chips.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100718.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThere are also lots of vans selling chips and donuts.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100701.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nSome of our local restaurants offer more exotic street food. Dorindos dressed in ponchos for the occasion.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100714.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nTraffic cannot get along High Street and Ock Street during the fair and so for three days, from Sunday to Tuesday, buses and cars are diverted.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100719.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nA pink unicorn, made in China, joined the cuddly toys in our house today. There seemed to be a lot of people&nbsp; carrying pink unicorns at the fair. My guess is China is offloading a surplus.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100753.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe County Hall always looks good, and the bright lights from the fair make it look stunning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19100721.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair\" \/><br \/>\nAnyway, that is all for another year. By tomorrow the fair will be gone. <\/p>\n<p>A few children&#8217;s rides will return next Sunday for the Monday Runaway Fair. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crowds were out on both Monday and Tuesday for the Michaelmas Fair. There had been a lot of rain earlier in the day on both days, but it was mostly dry at the peak time of late afternoon and early evening. The fair rides were not that different from previous years. But this view [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23323","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=23323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}