{"id":35181,"date":"2026-03-17T18:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35181"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:51:21","slug":"the-floodplain-drying-out-spring-coming-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35181","title":{"rendered":"Floodplain Drying Out, Spring Coming On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026031700.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA sunny day in Abingdon. The ground has dried out since the wet days pictured in February. On Saturday 14 March, Abingdon Parkrun restarted \u2014 the first run since 17 January 2026.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026031701.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Oxford Pride double decker bus is seen here crossing Abingdon Bridge, adding a splash of colour to the morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026031704.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNearby, the daffodils by Abingdon Bridge are in bloom, brightening the scene further.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026031703.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOther daffodils bloom in a loose crescent, with a gap at the centre, with St Helen\u2019s beyond. Spring is not far away. Today felt like it had already arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sunny day in Abingdon. The ground has dried out since the wet days pictured in February. On Saturday 14 March, Abingdon Parkrun restarted \u2014 the first run since 17 January 2026. The Oxford Pride double decker bus is seen here crossing Abingdon Bridge, adding a splash of colour to the morning. Nearby, the daffodils [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-river-thames","category-seasons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35181","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=35181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}