I filled up on Wednesday night with no queues though I had to pass a few supermarket station that I normally use that we’re closed.
Did our normal weekly shopping trip to Sainsbury but their station was closed with a sign up saying “no fuel” so I dropped into the local Morrisons around the corner from me on the way home and they were closed but I think they closed early to save their fuel for the next day with it being just after 8 PM but normally open to 10 PM.
In the end I went to a station 3 miles out of town from me, drove in, filled up, paid, and drove back out all within 5 minutes and with a station with 4 islands and 12 pumps, 18 if you count petrol and diesel and not counting the 2 for HGV’s it was me and one other van in the place with it being a 24/7 station.
Being a premium fuel station cost me an extra £2.80 to fill the tank over supermarket prices but well worth not being at the back of a queue.
One thing to lookout for and if your unsteady on your feet is the floor of the station had diesel all over and was like an ice skating rink where idiots had top their tanks up and the filler pipe spilling diesel all over the joint.
Thankfully don’t have to do that again for another 3 or 4 weeks.