I foolishly decided not to put in our normal weekly amount last weekend (due to potentially picking up our new X1….which didn’t happen…) and I didn’t pay as much attention during the week to events (given I take the train into work daily). Come Friday when I figured it was getting to 60 miles left in the tank, all forecourts in the area were dry from diesel. I managed to find one station selling petrol.
Got up early on Saturday to walk to some of the fuel stations and none had been replenished. One station had no idea when they might get deliveries, whilst the other expected some 24hours previous. It was only on Sunday that I managed to find a station 10 miles down the road and only allowing no more than £20 for each driver. That didn’t stop the person in front of me sticking £60 in….. Oddly my pump stopped running just before £20 so I reckon some folk were not releasing the handle thus taking more than the £20. It simply shows the nature of people as to why we are in this mess…
Still in slightly better news our X1 has been built and its on its way…now if they can find a spare HGV driver for when the boat docks…. 🙂