Today lived up to the overnight forecast and was generally rather wet. We drove into Elliots Fields retail park on the nearer side of Rugby were we did a comprehensive food shop. If we keep to our provisional cruise plan, it will be several days before we have a chance to visit another supermarket. Apart from a couple of village shops at Braunston, we will otherwise be out in the countryside.
After the main shop we crossed over the road to M&S where Christine did not find what she was looking for, neither did Mike in several other shops he called at. We discovered last night that the small alarm clock that normally lives above his head when in bed had ceased functioning. Replacing the battery did not resuscitate it - it seems that the long lay over since last August did not do any favours to the battery compartment. It does not need to be an expensive item but a light to see the time in the dark is needed and nothing to fit could be found. Alas, today this kind of item is best sourced via the internet but delivery is a problem so it may have to wait until we are back home.
It was lunch time when we returned to the boat and by the time we had finished it was apparent the the rest of the day was going to be less than pleasant and several heavy showers arrived during the afternoon. It will be no surprise that we opted to defer our departure until tomorrow when much better conditions are forecast.
Creating this and yesterday's blog was delayed on discovering that Mike had packed a non-functioning mouse and the spare that is left on the boat had also expired since it was last used. Again, neither responded by being offered new power sources so it was fortunate that Christine had brought her laptop and kindly offered Mike her mouse - which, hooray, worked! At least there is a prospect of finding a replacement before the end of this trip - at least if we do make it to Coventry as planned!
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