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[Sir Tigger KC]

Out and about earlier a passed a couple of petrol stations, both busy but no major queues or disruption. 

Plenty of hay for the horses? 

Neigh! 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

To my knowledge, there isnt a station within 15 miles of here that has any fuel at the moment.
I should be ok for a week or so with Pierre -as long as it doesnt break down again.
Boxster is on fumes and the Omega has about 50 miles left.

[Varche]

Unsurprisingly the EU lorry drivers arent coming to help UK “out of the sh1t you created yourselves”.

A visa for 3 months doesnt help them plan for the future even if it means £12000 . Good point. I wonder if Boris factored that in?

[STEMO]

Unsurprisingly the EU lorry drivers arent coming to help UK “out of the sh1t you created yourselves”.

A visa for 3 months doesnt help them plan for the future even if it means £12000 . Good point. I wonder if Boris factored that in?

Plus...most of them already have a job. Probably paying a lot less than over here, but would you take a chance that the job is still there when you go home?

[Sir Tigger KC]

Unsurprisingly the EU lorry drivers arent coming to help UK “out of the sh1t you created yourselves”.

A visa for 3 months doesnt help them plan for the future even if it means £12000 . Good point. I wonder if Boris factored that in?

Plus...most of them already have a job. Probably paying a lot less than over here, but would you take a chance that the job is still there when you go home?

I think there's probably some truth in the theory that BP and the RHA briefed the media that there was a driver shortage which would result in a fuel shortage, to force the governments hand on visas.  The govt on the other hand want the industry to increase pay and train more new drivers rather than just shipping in foreigners.

They really need to kick DVLA (or whatever they call themselves this week) into shape and reduce the red tape and bureaucracy.  I wouldn't be surprised if by the time I had sorted a medical, new digi tacho card, CPC, etc it took six months to resurrect my HGV licence and get to the stage where I could get a job.   

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I have just been sent a video on Watsapp of a woman in a filling station filling carrier bags with petrol ! 
The cull needs to come soon.

[Doctor Gollum]

Unsurprisingly the EU lorry drivers arent coming to help UK “out of the sh1t you created yourselves”.

A visa for 3 months doesnt help them plan for the future even if it means £12000 . Good point. I wonder if Boris factored that in?

Plus...most of them already have a job. Probably paying a lot less than over here, but would you take a chance that the job is still there when you go home?

I think there's probably some truth in the theory that BP and the RHA briefed the media that there was a driver shortage which would result in a fuel shortage, to force the governments hand on visas.  The govt on the other hand want the industry to increase pay and train more new drivers rather than just shipping in foreigners.

They really need to kick DVLA (or whatever they call themselves this week) into shape and reduce the red tape and bureaucracy.  I wouldn't be surprised if by the time I had sorted a medical, new digi tacho card, CPC, etc it took six months to resurrect my HGV licence and get to the stage where I could get a job.   

CPC can be done virtually now

The hardest bit would probably be renewing your digicard.

Recently started a part time job at Herpes, £15 an hour is all well and good, but if you're only doing 8 hour shifts, then you have to do six days before you even think about the £22 an hour O/T. Piss easy work though.

Proper companies might be paying welcome bonuses etc, but real world wages are nothing like the media spun BS.

[STEMO]

I didn't go that far today and only passed two Jet filling stations. Both were open and not that busy. I didn't stop to fill up because I might have felt a bit silly putting £4 in. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I passed two today. First had no fuel. Second had a queue 100 yards down the road.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Just been to Tesco's for some carrots and the fuel station there was closed. 

On the way back, wondered if my almost full tank of fuel has doubled the value of my Mondeo?    Maybe it's a good time to put it into WBAC! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Just been to Tesco's for some carrots and the fuel station there was closed. 

On the way back, wondered if my almost full tank of fuel has doubled the value of my Mondeo?    Maybe it's a good time to put it into WBAC! 

No problem getting petrol here.

The media like to make out it is the end of the world.

[STEMO]

As an observation in this thread, and the one about Starmer, I often wonder if the world would be a much happier place without media of any sort.

[Raeturbo]

Yes indeed blissful ignorance   

[STEMO]

There were only a handful of petrol stations up and down the country that ran out of fuel last Thursday. But, by the time the news channels had sent camera crews out to them, we were in a full scale panic.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I paid 134.9p.

The 'rocket fuel' version of unleaded was 158.9. I used this in the Tata but the Signum runs fine on the cheap(er) fuel.

Trip computer for the last 2300 miles works out at 24.6MPG.......although I know the trip computer is about 15% optimistic.

So probably around 22 MPG.......much like a derv car.