Doughnuts

Banbury has made a great job of making the canal a town centre feature. Despite our urban environment we had a very peaceful night and the morning greeted us with bright sunshine, clear blue skies and no wind. The first thing we noticed on our cruise into Banbury was a distinct smell of doughnuts, eventually traced to a large factory producing "own brand" supermarket bread and cakes, including doughnuts we presume. Whatever we did last night almost cured the electrics problem, we just have to remember what it was. We remain convinced Tardis Two does not have an emersion heater, despite what Eddie seems to think. After all, he only designed and built the thing so what does he know? All will be revealed eventually. The plan is to visit the shopping centre for replacement first-aid items and thereafter a lazy day. My lower left leg remains attached but I am worried about the need for a blood transfusion if the bleeding fails to stop soon. A sign next to our boat indicates a tourist information centre nearby so I assume they can direct us to the nearest A & E. A friendly guy at Tooleys boat yard in the middle of Banbury has kindly tested the alternator and confirmed it is working OK which narrows the problem down to at least 1 battery. He'll land-line it overnight and isolate the offending item in the morning. Eddie confirms it should be possible to continue with 5 batteries and replace the duff one under warranty on our return north, which sounds perfectly reasonable, I suppose. we're spending the night at tooley's historic boat yard,linked to power ready for a quick check over in the morning. Still impressed with Banbury.