{"id":311,"date":"2009-06-24T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/06\/24\/abingdon-revealed\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T16:22:00","slug":"abingdon-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George and Margaret, my parents in law, are staying for a few days. So I asked them to come back with views of Abingdon for the blog.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09062401.jpg\" \/><br \/>First is this Abingdon or Amsterdam? Not used to quite so many bikes in the hills of Cumbria.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09062402.jpg\" \/><br \/>George thought they were doing the drains but I know they are filling up with water for the blooms.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09062403.jpg\" \/><br \/>He saw these two with what looked like a long skipping rope. They were actually measuring up for a big lorry that&#8217;s coming in a week or two that may overhang the walkway.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09062404.jpg\" \/><br \/>George wondered whether this could be a horse park.<\/p>\n<p>Also, George takes a pride in his bank, and is going to write to the HSBC bank to say he is disappointed how dirty the outside of their Abingdon building is compared to the one where he comes from in Cumbria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George and Margaret, my parents in law, are staying for a few days. So I asked them to come back with views of Abingdon for the blog.First is this Abingdon or Amsterdam? 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