{"id":32222,"date":"2024-05-07T17:53:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32222"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:53:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:53:37","slug":"abingdon-riverside-floating-forge-gaggle-of-geese-and-lock-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32222","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Riverside: Floating Forge, Gaggle of Geese, and Lock News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024050701.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBrian Greaves showcased his creations on the riverbank. These were crafted aboard his custom-made canal tug, the Bronte, complete with a blacksmith&#8217;s forge and tools. His creations included: fire tools, door knockers, candlesticks, and sculptures including a large treble and bass clef. His narrowboat accompanies the floating forge.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024050702.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBetween Brian and the Lock, a gaggle of Canada Geese enjoyed nibbling the riverside grass. The four adults had nine goslings.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024050703.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAt Abingdon Lock, the red warning boards have been removed, indicating safer passage for boats. Frank and fellow volunteers returned to duty today and were there ready to assist travellers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024050704.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThere has been a decision on the Lock Island Goats. Unfortunately, the goats will not return to the island. Keeping animals is not considered a core EA business, and goats present too many unknown hazards that cannot be controlled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Greaves showcased his creations on the riverbank. These were crafted aboard his custom-made canal tug, the Bronte, complete with a blacksmith&#8217;s forge and tools. His creations included: fire tools, door knockers, candlesticks, and sculptures including a large treble and bass clef. His narrowboat accompanies the floating forge. Between Brian and the Lock, a gaggle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-river-thames"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32222","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=32222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}