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As long as I can find the cash I’ll keep booking caravan trips, I’ve got a week booked in May and I’ve just booked a 3 week summer break so off to a good start on this years time away, I’m pretty much retired now, I’m self employed and pick and choose which jobs I take to a degree but there is also less work available so I don’t have to say no to much work, our bungalow is mortgage free and should we need extra cash I’d soon take equity from it, my kids are more than wealthy enough and have always said they wouldn’t want us to scrimp just so we could leave it to them and I’d soon take the equity.

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Tomorrow we head for Near Harrogate,5 nights, then onto Belford by Lindisfarne 14 nights. Using Hutch’s earlier calculations I have budgeted no bigger increase in fuel cost than £50. Not as bad as it may seem. Just feel sorry for all those who do high mileages for a living😥
 
Dustydog said:
Tomorrow we head for Near Harrogate,5 nights, then onto Belford by Lindisfarne 14 nights. Using Hutch’s earlier calculations I have budgeted no bigger increase in fuel cost than £50. Not as bad as it may seem. Just feel sorry for all those who do high mileages for a living😥
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I hope you have a nice time and a safe journey 🙂
 
We have one holiday booked just before Easter and with just over 300 miles of towing I think provided the roads are clear then I will take it a bit easier. Not sure how much I can save but will see.
 
Raywood said:
We have one holiday booked just before Easter and with just over 300 miles of towing I think provided the roads are clear then I will take it a bit easier. Not sure how much I can save but will see.
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It’s surprising how the economy increases just sitting at 54 mph and sticking with the HGVs and minimising overtaking on the motorway.
 
Dustydog said:
Tomorrow we head for Near Harrogate,5 nights, then onto Belford by Lindisfarne 14 nights. Using Hutch’s earlier calculations I have budgeted no bigger increase in fuel cost than £50. Not as bad as it may seem. Just feel sorry for all those who do high mileages for a living😥
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Enjoy your trip.🙂

I have long since regarded fuel stations as unpaid tax collectors collecting vast amounts of revenue for governments.
Distribution of fuel is almost a secondary task!
£1/litre where I am at the moment 😉
 
Gafferbill said:
Enjoy your trip.🙂

I have long since regarded fuel stations as unpaid tax collectors collecting vast amounts of revenue for governments.
Distribution of fuel is almost a secondary task!
£1/litre where I am at the moment 😉
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Bit like pubs and any other retail service then. 😂
 
Dustydog said:
Tomorrow we head for Near Harrogate,5 nights, then onto Belford by Lindisfarne 14 nights. Using Hutch’s earlier calculations I have budgeted no bigger increase in fuel cost than £50. Not as bad as it may seem. Just feel sorry for all those who do high mileages for a living😥
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Hope the trip goes well and then it must be “ knees up” time. 👍
 
A few days in york in two weeks just to try out the new car and then it's us and our son/daughter in law and grandkids (them in their TA) down to the new forest
 
I notice that despite oil prices now jumping again to $110 some ten tanker loads of Russian oil available for mid March have not received buying bids despite energy products not being directly sanctioned. It seems buyers are avoiding it for corporate reasons,, ship owners are refusing to embark, and insurers not willing to provide risk cover. Thats one reason for what seems to have prompted todays jump in barrel prices.
 
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I notice that despite oil prices now jumping again to $110 some ten tanker loads of Russian oil available for mid March have not received buying bids despite energy products not being directly sanctioned. It seems buyers are avoiding it for corporate reasons,, ship owners are refusing to embark, and insurers not willing to provide risk cover. Thats one reason for what seems to have prompted todays jump in barrel prices.
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It's also got difficult for Russian businesses to get paid as sanctions have blocked many payment methods.
 
otherclive said:
I notice that despite oil prices now jumping again to $110 some ten tanker loads of Russian oil available for mid March have not received buying bids despite energy products not being directly sanctioned. It seems buyers are avoiding it for corporate reasons,, ship owners are refusing to embark, and insurers not willing to provide risk cover. Thats one reason for what seems to have prompted todays jump in barrel prices.
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A local esso closest to us is charging £1.659 for diesel. However the Esso we normally use as by the supermarkets is now £1.599 for diesel and unleaded is £1.57. Morrisons just down the road are charging the same price!
I am so glad we filled up last week on Thursday at £1.529 for diesel and £1.489 for unleaded. We get a 4p discount per litre whether diesel or unleaded.
 
Our local Tesco had petrol down to £146.9 and diesel at £150.9 presumably to counter Morrisons which is only round the corner and their 7p off offer. They were queued out at that price.
 
Buckman said:
That is 12p less than our local Morrisons! I wonder why the huge difference?
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Thats a huge difference. No idea why but I saw people posting one pound fifty odd here yesterday so thought I would fill up before our price went through the roof. Not that it lasts long in a Santa Fe

Im in the North West Leicestershire villages. Maybe they didn't get the memo but there were big queues yesterday and my mum said they had run out of fuel there in the morning but had a delivery late afternoon.

I suppose it goes some way to offset the £1000 a year increase to my energy bill 😭
 
Just checked for diesel prices in Stourport. At Sainsburys Esso it is £1.599. This is a stand alone fuel staion with the Sainsbury shop in it. Just around the corner at the other Esso station which has a Morrisons store in it diesel is £1.509? This according to the Petrol prices app which relies on people updating the app.
 
My local diesel is 158.9 BP /159.9 Shell. 153.9 Unleaded at both. The sooner I can go all EV the better!
 
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