We drove up from home yesterday morning. Our initial ETA was 12:45 but an incident on the A34 just north of Oxford delayed us for about quarter of an hour. It looked as if vehicle had hit the central barrier - it was slightly dented - and there was a van on the hard shoulder with a damaged front. Police were in attendance and had deployed protective cones. All indications were that (a) it was not serious and (b) it had only just happened.
By now we needed a brief 'comfort' break so left the M40 motorway at the next service station, Junction 10. This is a complicated junction, in effect two roundabouts merged together with the service station accessed from the second. We were back in the car as quickly as possible and set off, remarking that we must be careful to look for the right directions. Not helped by at least one sign saying M40 with no north or south indication, we immediately realised we were going the wrong way! Five miles later we were back at the junction with the A34 and left to turn around. An other complex intersection and - yes you have guessed rightly - we gain took the wrong slip road and this time it was another 11 miles before we were finally facing the right way.
After unloading the car and a mug of tea, Mike drove into Rugby to recharge the car. With the extra miles, the battery was now down to about 20%! Although we failed at the nearest Gridserve station on our last trip, today no problems even though four out of the advertised six chargers were not functional. It took just over an hour so it was handy that there is an adjoining Starbucks to sit and read. By the time Mike returned to the boat, Christine had finished stowing away and all was neat and tidy.
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