Keele had fuel Stafford services only had the HGV pumps going had fuel yesterday morning. The overhead signs are signing for services without fuel, how accurate that is given they’re nonsense usually is anyone’s guess. Good Luck.
Drove from Kent to stonehenge in the works van this morning. No fuel at clacket Lane, Cobham, Fleet services etc. I stopped at 5 and to be fair the last two had unleaded. On the way back I stopped at 4 services and got lucky, only one van in front of me but only V Power diesel. £1.68 a litre plus some adblue. Total of £132.16. Then the company credit card was declined .
Oh dear, few years ago a HGV owner/driver had his card declined after filling his tanks around 1500ltrs…..
Since this nonsense seems to be still ongoing:- If anyone is really stuck for petrol see if you can find an agricultural/horticultural place, or even a large or independent garden centre that stocks Aspen fuel. Hellishly expensive, especially to buy in 5 litre cans, but if you have no other option....
I think the motorway ones have been ok as by and large they aren't places you'd drive to just for petrol.
I think the trouble is that the MSM has been reporting that because it’s more hazardous to run out of fuel on a motorway than outside your local petrol station, fuel deliveries to motorway services have been prioritised, so, you guessed it, people are now flocking to their nearest motorway services to fill up as they are more likely to have fuel available, with inevitable results.
How can anyone take someone seriously when they're genuinely calling for 'priority access' for fuel for the 'Key Workers' Honestly, whether that's the MSN(looking at you Sky News) or someone anti Tory (there's a lot nowadays I admit) do they really truly believe what they're saying? I can just imagine it now, long queue of cars, single lane, Maureen comes trundling down the outside of everyone facing oncoming traffic screaming out of the window 'I'm a key worker, I'M A KEEEEEY WOOORRRKER ' WTF do people wanting this expect to happen exactly? Give all key workers stick on sirens? A megaphone so they can make 'woo woo' noises through whilst flashing their lights in a 'Key worker' style? Oh please fuck off
It like every union and opposition statement, kneejerk and completely ridiculous. If Shapps had somehow refined a system to allow select groups to avoid queuing then Starmer would be calling it some sort of ‘Tory donor perk’ or some other bollocks that everyone laughs at.
Thankfully Ive been on holiday in York since this started. Trains run fine. If I get dragged around yet another museum...
Exactly that, not to mention the shortage of supply drivers, fruit pickers, building site workers, nhs workers etc Damn if only the government could have predicted this.
I tend to agree with most of this. I'd also argue that the real key workers are supermarket staff and HGV drivers.
When does the AI truck driver roll out commence? Lay-bys won't be the same without the inhumanly large turds and faded porno mags...
This could be me as I was classed as a key worker during the lockdowns. I put pop in bottles ffs. We were all aghast that we had to work when covid and the lockdowns all kicked off. There's not one of us thought we were essential workers ! I'd be too embarrassed pushing to the front of a queue of angry drivers and be smug about the fact that me being able to put pop into a bottle gives me priority
My wife is a hospital consultant, and was actually transferred to work in covid ICU at the time because she can run a ventilator (she's a paediatrician), and she was too embarrassed to jump any queues in lockdown, just went early and waited her turn.
