Banbury

This morning, we met just one perfectly timed opposite direction boat on the Claydon flight of locks.  After that though, traffic started to build up and whe we reached Cropredy we were in a queue of three waiting for the lock.   Opposite direction traffic became a factor and we were waiting now at every lock, not that this was a problem in any way.  Soon we reached the outskirts of Banbury and the inevitable line of permanently moored boats before coming to Sovereign Wharf where we wanted diesel.  It was closed for lunch.  There was a 61foot space on the moorings  outside Castle Quay shopping centre, so we stopped here to have something to eat before moving on again, under the Tom Rolt Bridge and past the Historic Tooley's Boatyard of Rolt's book "Narrowboat" fame to be nearer the Morrisons Supermarket on the other side of town.   We need a launderette and provisions.   I found the launderette quickly enough but had to drag the bag of laundry back to the boat because it was "half day closing".   There should be time for laundry tomorow morning before our guests arrive to join us as far as Oxford.