End of the line? Life in a goldfish bowl!

Today is more of a photo blog. Partly due to the excellent internet signal I am receiving! We are now in the midst of deciding whether to sit here for a day or two and see what happens or give up and return north for a variation on the holiday and attempt the K & A next year! Life in a goldfish bowl! That's exactly what it feels like here in Banbury. Not only are the gongoozlers rampant but there is even a CCTV camera just outside my starboard side pointing directly over us!

Today, I type this from what is possibly the end of the line for me. I'm in Banbury town center enjoying a good satellite TV signal, an excellent UMTS broadband signal, some wonderful company but sadly not enjoying the British summer weather! Banbury is packed and the locks ahead are firmly padlocked shut and expected to remain so for the foreseeable future as the picture above shows.

Our final resting place in the center of Banbury.

The small army of BW vehicles at the bottom of Banbury keeping an eye on things!

Sandbags in a somewhat vain attempt at keeping the flood waters at bay. Sadly Tooley's boatyard has been completed flooded and is currently closed for clean-up.

British Waterways employees at the bow of my boat delicately washing the mud and silt off the bank. This included brushing and throwing buckets of water over the bank which had the desired affect of clearing the path and bank but simply transferring it all over the side of my boat resulting int he need for a total wash of that side - thanks BW!

One positive was the chance to moor up just behind Mike and Liz from Snecklifter and invite them on for a very pleasant coffee, cake and chat! At last, our paths crossed long enough to meet and chat properly!