We drove up from Cornwall after morning worship at the Betjeman Centre, eventually escaping from Wadebridge just before noon. The drive went well until Michaelwood service station where we heard that there was a long delay between junctions 12 and 11A. After consulting the road map, we took a diversion which did not add too much to the journey time. Alas, this good luck could not continue and there was a much longer delay on the way into Stow-on-the-Wold, resulting from a car-caravan breakdown. By the time we arrived at Lower Heyford we concluded that we would have to stay put until the morning - there was rather a lot to unload! The picture only shows about half of it! In addition, the workmen had left us with some clearing up to do and then we found there was no-one on duty who knew how to turn on the inverter! At least we could make the water heater work and we have hot water without having the engine on. The radiators also work well, although it was such a sunny day that we quickly turned them off.
Sorting and cleaning took some time and our roast was as late as if we had been for our usual long Sunday walk! The lack of 240v power meant that we could sit back aqnd watch a DVD - we expect that TV reception will not be very good at the mooring, judging by the high aeriels which the nearby village houses sport. We are promised a visit at 8:30 tomorrow morning from Peter
who installed the inverter and hopefully we shall then be off.
The roast is even later than planned as I have now discovered that using a non-fan oven requires more planning!
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