The third day Emma took me into Abingdon. It’s such a quaint little town, very well kept and quiet. We parked the car in the car park and walked into town. We planned on seeing the Abingdon Abbey, but the visiting hours didn’t start until afternoon and we didn’t have time then, so we just walked around and went to the Abingdon Museum. The museum is in the top of the County Hall which is described as ‘the grandest town hall in England’. It was built between 1678 and 1682 by Christopher Kempster (who worked with Wren on the building of St. Paul’s Cathedral). They have a tradition – bun thowings, staged to mark national and Royal celebrations. They had some buns on display that were actually thrown. Not good to throw now, they could hurt someone ;-). We shopped around a bit, then headed for home. Since it was the day before the wedding, Emma needed to get some things done. The best man Kieran and his fiancé Linda were to arrive that evening, then we were going out for Indian food. I blogged about the food earlier, so I won’t bore you with it again. Kieran is one wild driver – on the way home, he drove OVER a round about. Good thing it was a small one! Kieran and Linda are great people – lots of fun to be around. Kieran had us cracking up about a lady that works in his office who they’re always playing pranks on.