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The weather is still a bit dismal and overcast, but it's dry so we decided to go to Abingdon and do the seven and a half mile circuit we didn't do last weekend anyway.

The walk starts in Abingdon and follows the Thames Path round to just before Culham Lock, where it cuts across the main channel of the river into Sutton Courtney, loops round the village and then back over the river just below Culham Lock before heading up through Culham to rejoin the river a couple of miles upstream of Abingdon. The first part, along the river, was lovely; the walk from Culham to rejoin the river was duller, though we did spot a yellowhammer, and the latter part of that section and the start of the walk back along the river were somewhat marred by the fact that the route went right past the Culham motocross track where there was an event in full swing, which was annoyingly audible from quite a distance away and Very Loud Indeed as we passed by it. If we do this walk again I will try to check that there's nothing going on there first, but otherwise it was very pleasant (and nicer than the walk we've done before which included the same bits of the Thames Path, but more dull walking through streets and overgrown fields).