Lots of lying under the car (both with and without the engine running) has revealed nothing about the leak. All I know is the water appears to be coming from the oil sump. I'm not certain whether this is even possible or not. It could be that the water is trickling around the lip where the two halves of the sump are bolted together and so it could just be that it only looks like the water is coming from there. Other suggestions are that the oil cooler might be leaking. I wasn't even aware the car has one.

I'm now thinking my best chance is to drag the car back to Nottingham on Thursday and let my Dad take a look. At least then it can be taken off the road as necessary, and he has a suitable set of tools, which I don't have.

I couldn't even change a blown bulb because I couldn't get the damn negative terminal off the battery.

In other news I was poking around looking at sites I've not visited for a good many years, and found out that a lad I went to school with now has his own column on the BBC Nottingham Sport website. I have to admit to being surprised.