Martin has the Abingdon 2023 calendar on sale on his Monday Market Stall, beginning with a picture of a snowy January.

August has started dry with blue skies and warm sunshine. The butcher has been missing from the Monday Market for a few weeks now, but the fish van has been there.

Sunflowers were selling well from the flower and plant stall.

A crochet pattern showing a sandy beach is on the Market Place post office box.

The High Street is bright and light; many wear summer shorts and dresses. The Abbey Meadows by the River Thames, with the splash pad and open-air pool, with ice creams on sale, is like the Abingdon Riviera.

At Trinity Church, the scouts are back after camping in North Yorkshire, where they did have rain and tents were laid out on the lawn to dry.