morrisons in keighley must have received some fuel last night. at 7.45 this morning the area was totally gridlocked with queues in my direction a mile long. its usually so quiet its one of those speed camera hotspots catching drivers in a rush for work. once our two cars get the fuel light on that will be it till normality returns and we,ll use a corner shop for essential food and the dogs will have to miss there moorland walks.

Is anybody in this area having trouble. Yesterday I passed numerous petrol stations that just looked normal day to day business.

£18.43 was all i could fit in my tank this morning before it started splashing all over my work boots.

It's easing off down here and pensioners have enough for a month now.

My neighbour was complaining that he could only get £2-43 worth in his tank but was charged £5 as that is the minimum delivery. Ha.

Work boots Sussex?, thought you wore a suit, brolly, bowler hat and brogues for work?

Thigh high leather boots to complement his basque....you can only guess at the ‘job’ he does.

How awful just imagine not having a driver to do such tasks!

Seems he's not the only one driverless

I known as Quentin to my work colleagues and Sally when i'm on the phone to snowy.

I thought Sally sounded a bit camp for a woman ... but for a phone pest ..... she’s a laugh.

Plenty of fuel up here in pit yacker land.

My tank is fuller than George Best's drinks cabinet...

After viewing many message boards, websites and speaking to people, it seems the "national" fuel crisis is limited to London and Kent. Although I do suppose the BBC don't acknowledge anything north of those regions anyway. I heard it was bad in Bradford for a while but even that seems to have calmed down, at least where my extended family are anyway.

as long as things are fine inside the M25 then the country is fine by the media. think a lot of the fuel problems has not been helped by the limited number of places selling the liquid gold nowadays. cannot remember the number of petrol stations closed in hartlepool since 1970 with far more cars on the road. all i can is the small town in yorkshire with a population of 17,000 had. 6 and now down to 2. in less than a 3 mile journey into halifax you past another 6 where there is now only 1. no wonder there are queues.

Good point about the garages, now I’ll be trying to remember how many there were for example in the 80’s.
Those gone are....
Fens Garage
Lodge
Shell in Catcote Road
Shell at B&Q roundabout
Two garages at Travellers opposite side of road.
Mainsforth Terrace, now the taxi place
Brus garage.
L&P in York Road
anymore I’ve missed....?

Seaton Lane by Seaton railway station.

Top of Hart Lane

But we didn’t have ASDA,TESCO and 2x Morrison’s who probably have more capacity then a lot of them closed put together and of course a lot cheaper.

Bradley's at Blackhall have just ran out after filling up Billy Horner's Datsun.

Desmond Haynes had to take his to Easington Tyre Centre...

They’re cheaper....till they’ve wiped out the competition.

I saw some frozen turkeys in tesco the other day. Use by date February 2022.
A must panic buy.

Sappers corner garage and I think there was on at Newton Bewley ???

ICI garage Stockton Road near the old Ewart Parsons.

Garage opposite Brunswick pub (Victoria) Headland.

Ewart Parsons used to have one as well.

Is it just me, but since the introduction of E10 am I getting less mpg for my money?

Gales motors York Road when Titan House is.Beautiful garden as I remember. Car showrooms over the road sold Morris cars. L&P sold Austins which were the same except for badge. Riley and Wolseley too. MG.

Drove from Dorset to Gateshead last Friday, & judging by the volume of traffic, lengthy stretches of temporary speed-limits on motorways, & the number of HGV's on the road, you wouldn't think there was a shortage of either fuel or HGV drivers.

its always bad on a friday travelling south to north for some unknown reason. same on monday morning going in the opposite direction.

to spend the weekend in God's own part of the country ?

The delays started shortly after lunchtime

The worst place to be on a late Friday afternoon is heading North on the M1.

Heading north on the A1 isn't that good either.
Friday tea time is always a problem simply because during the week people leave work a bit later to avoid the congestion. On the other hand they leave as early as they can on Friday in order to get ready for the night at the pub or to get home early for the weekend.

Petrol station on Catty road opposite Brierton school.

they said that could happen at the outset. even BP came out with a statement that it should be avoided if you are not completely sure your can is compatable with the stuff. all ethanol can be removed from petrol but you,d need a dry space to do it in and although its not complicated its messy and time consuming.

You don’t really have much choice about avoiding E10, there is no choice!

Don't tell everybody.



I reckon i'm going to be a millionaire by xmas selling crackers,cranberry sauce and brazil nuts alone.

As if us bentley and jag drivers down south need to know.. haw haw haw..

I’m referring to my Learjet Have you seen the price of wing warmers for the family hangar?

there is but its the expensive super unleaded stuff like V power. supermarkets do not sell it at the moment but heard morrisons might in the future.

Best check with Insulate Britain first before making any journey south.

I’d rather they insulated ‘Insulate Britain’ with industrial spray foam and do us all a favour.
Incidentally, over the summer five houses near us have been insulated, it’s there for free in most cases if you want it, what’s the fuss?

Nothing better than Wikipedia vandalism!

[quote="Snowy"]Is it just me, but since the introduction of E10 am I getting less mpg for my money?[/quote

This new E10 stuff made my car sound awful. Like a rattling, tappetty sound. I now put the E5 97 octane in it. It costs a bit more the car seems to do a bit more MPG.

One of the protestors said he’d been arrested four times taken to the police station and after an hour not charged and sent off on his merry way...sorry, charge him. Because he has a nice plummy middle class accent means nothing, anyone else would be up in court, especially a repeat offender.
What next Heathrow blocked because the 24 strong group ‘We Want Our Bins Emptying Weekly ‘ kick off ...and the three strong ‘ Longer Hours Opening at Our Library’ have taken hostages... that’s how banal this is.

Leader Liam Norton storms off GMB when asked about the insulation in his own home.

One of the protestors said he’d been arrested four times taken to the police station and after an hour not charged and sent off on his merry way...sorry, charge him. Because he has a nice plummy middle class accent means nothing, anyone else would be up in court, especially a repeat offender.

what does anyone expect in 2021 when blokes who download and watch the vilest form of child porn get off. play the mental health card and you have kids to look after and you,ll be fine. be really interesting what will eventually happen to that waste of oxygen katy price when her trial comes up.

Mental Health.
The new lawbreakers excuse.
Well most of the time.

when you are dealing with these protesters always remember a statement one of their leaders came out with. when asked what he,d do if an emergency ambulance wanted to get through what would he do. reply was that he,d remain seated. remember that folks if you come across them. yt could have been you, your family or friends in a life or death rush to the hospital. if no one is looking put the boot into the bastards.

I think people should make a parody protest group, that block police stations due to the lack of Mr. Blobby on television.

Would love to see how tolerant the police and government are then. I'm shocked no one has lamped an insulate britain protestor yet.

if they block the exit road of the M62 when i,m off to salford in a week or so,s time i,ll guarentee i will. Lots around my age group that will be easy fodder.