Son went to get car MOTd at a garage outside Bath, and filled up while he was there, no problems. However, all the garages near the city centre had queues and were causing traffic chaos. At least, more traffic chaos than usual.
Petrol / diesel supplies seem OK around here. Had to go into Hawick today and noticed that the garage had a couple of cars filling up but nobody else waiting. Makes no difference to me as our car is electric. We can either charge it at home ... or for free in the Border towns car parks.
We currently do use oil for heating (no chance of gas where we are) ... hate to think what the price will be when we need to top up the tank. No chance of shopping around ... only one supplier, so take it or leave it  Â
Bee x
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders Â
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
The Jet petrol station in our village is open again tonight but with a sign saying no diesel, only 2 cars there when I walked past 20 minutes ago, and my friend said her hubby filled up at the nearest Tesco this afternoon, so it's getting better around here. My car's still got almost half a tank of fuel in it and I won't go to fill up until it gets a good bit lower. I usually fill up when it drops below the quarter mark.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I had to go out today and the car was on a 1/4 of a tank. The first fuel station I passed had a tanker there and the second had no abnormal queues and no sign of any fuel shortage.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Cycle commuting route into work was flooded so took long way around. Actually enjoyed it as surface was redone and very smooth not horrendous potholes I could lose my brompton in. I think I might keep using this flood avoidance route again until the bosses pick up on me being late every day. Much nicer, actually got street lighting on most of it and much safer.Â
However it's pretty sh1itty when the industrial estate owners have deliberately run it down for years to get a housing planning application through. It failed and became clear they'd never get permission. Yet they're not patching up the potholes.
One area with heavy traffic is potholes +20m long and full width. Within the potholes there's more potholes such that its like a bmx track or mountain bike trail within the bigger potholes. All without lighting, with lots of heavy traffic and now flooded so you cannot see the dangerous potholes within the potholes.
I really want this rain to end and the place dry up.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Maybe that should have been on RTBC?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Had to go into Hawick today and noticed that the garage had a couple of cars filling up but nobody else waiting.
Makes no difference to me as our car is electric. We can either charge it at home ... or for free in the Border towns car parks.
We currently do use oil for heating (no chance of gas where we are) ... hate to think what the price will be when we need to top up the tank.
No chance of shopping around ... only one supplier, so take it or leave itÂ
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
However it's pretty sh1itty when the industrial estate owners have deliberately run it down for years to get a housing planning application through. It failed and became clear they'd never get permission. Yet they're not patching up the potholes.
One area with heavy traffic is potholes +20m long and full width. Within the potholes there's more potholes such that its like a bmx track or mountain bike trail within the bigger potholes. All without lighting, with lots of heavy traffic and now flooded so you cannot see the dangerous potholes within the potholes.
I really want this rain to end and the place dry up.