Neither of us was in anything other than slow gear this morning and it was not before 122:30 before we were ready to discover the outdoor conditions. If anything, it was slightly denser fog than yesterday and with the extra dampness came a chillier feel. The weather forecasters had told us that it was be a lot warmer - not sure what chillier would have felt like!
We checked out the way to the main station car park in preparation for tomorrow morning. The centre of Banbury is quite convoluted for driving, no doubt quite easy once you know where everything is.
We did most of our shopping at Morrisons. An intended top up of the car battery was thwarted by both stations being occupied and Mike could not work out if the slower connection could be used at the same time as the rapid one and the screen was not a lot of help. He did not want to disrupt the connection to the other car by experimenting - we have enough power left for the next couple of days at least.
We missed out on a couple of items - the bakery section looked as if it was just selling of pre-Christmas leftovers and much of the fresh stand was empty.
So, back to Lidl - not been to that store before but it, a bit to our surprise, does have its own customer car park. The stock on their bakery shelves was obviously fresh today. We found the other item missing from Morrisons (gnocchi) and a few other things crept into our trolley whilst we were not looking!
Back to the boat for lunch only slightly late. Christine went to the office to arrange a top-up of the electricity and to buy a bag of coal which the staff kindly delivered to the boat.
Afterwards Mike took a short trip to a nearby cemetery. It does not appear to have been added to FindAGrave, the web site that Mike uses to record his photos and transcriptions of the gravestones. Although he made a start, the light was poor and fading fast, but also hands were cold taking photos and the grass long and wet! He beat an early retreat back to the boat for a mug of tea.
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