Banbury shuffle and the waiting

Well we are still in Banbury and still waiting for the floodwaters to subside. Nells bridge is still impassable, but at least we saw some decent sun this afternoon . We just need to be patient...sigh.
We were starting to get worried about electricity.
Augusta has a 12volt system that runs off a bank of batteries which are charged and kept topped up by the engine and our solar panels. Running the engine in the middle of town is a bit antisocial and just sitting and idling wasn't going to get the batteries charged in a hurry. We've had very little sun for the panels to do much either. So Dave had a brainwave. He spoke to Tooleys Yard and arranged, for a small fee, an extension cord and we have plugged into the mains electricity which should also keep the batteries topped up and allows us to use the toaster, microwave and washing machine ❤. Yay!
We just had to get ourselves to the Tooleys side of the canal.

I have christened the daily manoeuvring of boats in and out, side to side and back and forth " the Banbury Shuffle ". Boats go out to see if they can pass, come back when they can't, and new boats come in from the north looking for a mooring. We asked around and found that a boat was leaving soon that was about the same length as Augusta. So we staked out the spot and waited. Within an hour or so we had moved across the canal and hooked up to the power. Huzzah! One worry gone.

My other worry is Dave getting back to work next week. He seems quite sanguine about the delay and perhaps working from the boat...especially now that we have power for Wi-Fi and computers. Still we can't stay here indefinitely. Canal and River Trust designation for Banbury is 48 hours mooring. They do allow longer for closures and flooding of course...thank goodness...otherwise it's 25pounds per extra day!! Good encouragement to move through.

Okay...so today in Banbury we found the museum and had a real coffee and a Banbury cake, which I had never heard of, but apparently are quite famous. They are sort of scone shaped made from puff pastry and filled with a spicy fruit mince and dusted with sugar. Yum! We'll get more tomorrow and try them hot with cream which we are told is the thing.

I  found the folk club...they are having a sing, listen, and play night (they call it a Slap night), on Wednesday...l believe that we'll still be here...so why not sing.

So...talk to you all tomorrow