Red diesel delivery .

Still Farming · Sep 30, 2021

solo said:
I spoke to the local fuel tanker driver on Tuesday and his work was mostly topping up domestic tanks apart from shifts to refuel their own filling station. Customers were over ordering. (1000l and he wa only getting 500l in) My tank was the only empty one that day. Sixteen drops on his round that day

And all that pipe pulling.

M-J-G · Sep 30, 2021

Same as always here at around 48 hours, but we do tend to deal with the same supplier, I'm guessing if we were to jump around we might drop down the list a bit.

Robt · Oct 1, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
Drove through 3 M4 services today ,never seen pumps so quiet , drive straight in and filled up ,

Did you look at the price per litre? I paid £1.68 per litre on M5, The pumps were quiet too....

farmerm · Oct 1, 2021

All I spoke to had 2-3 day delivery options in Shropshire last week so no problems here.

Derrick Hughes · Oct 1, 2021

Robt said:
Did you look at the price per litre? I paid £1.68 per litre on M5, The pumps were quiet too....

£1.55

300 seat train into London , 6 people on , Country is Nuts

ollie989898 · Oct 1, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
£1.55

300 seat train into London , 6 people on , Country is Nuts
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Trains in general are down in passenger numbers due to a lot of people working from home. Commuting to London etc daily by train is a very expensive affair as any season ticket holder will tell you so people are probably keen to avoid this cost. I bet train numbers will never be the same again and given the cost of running and maintaining a office space, particularly given the value of property in places like London or New York, I guess many firms will downscale theirs in time.

Friends of mine who are involved in managing people have reported a significant increase (more than 30% in some cases) in the actual hours worked when people switched to home working. Less travelling time, more relaxed pace and also the ability to do stuff once the kids have gone to bed meant productivity was enhanced. Yes, it is weird conducting meetings via zoom/teams but you do get used to it.

tullah · Oct 1, 2021

ollie989898 said:
Trains in general are down in passenger numbers due to a lot of people working from home. Commuting to London etc daily by train is a very expensive affair as any season ticket holder will tell you so people are probably keen to avoid this cost. I bet train numbers will never be the same again and given the cost of running and maintaining a office space, particularly given the value of property in places like London or New York, I guess many firms will downscale theirs in time.

Friends of mine who are involved in managing people have reported a significant increase (more than 30% in some cases) in the actual hours worked when people switched to home working. Less travelling time, more relaxed pace and also the ability to do stuff once the kids have gone to bed meant productivity was enhanced. Yes, it is weird conducting meetings via zoom/teams but you do get used to it.

You'll be the only one on HS2.
Pull the plug on it now, give the tax payers back their cash and give all that confiscated property back to the legal owners.

ollie989898 · Oct 1, 2021

tullah said:
You'll be the only one on HS2.
Pull the plug on it now, give the tax payers back their cash and give all that confiscated property back to the legal owners.

It remains to be seen how much traffic HS2 will see. I would be in favour of more railways being built but not high speed versions.

farmerm · Oct 1, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
£1.55

300 seat train into London , 6 people on , Country is Nuts
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Shrewsbury to london family of 5 would be £300 return, any journey time saved on the train lost in travel to station and waiting on trains and then the train still doesnt delivery you to your destination requiring more time and money using very often unreliable and confusing local transport systems. sad but it is often mad to take the train....

ollie989898 · Oct 1, 2021

farmerm said:
Shrewsbury to london family of 5 would be £300 return, any journey time saved on the train lost in travel to station and waiting on trains and then the train still doesnt delivery you to your destination requiring more time and money using very often unreliable and confusing local transport systems. sad but it is often mad to take the train....

I bet money you can fly from Exeter to Scotland cheaper than it would be on a train.

jondear · Oct 1, 2021

That because some d**kh**d is sat blocking the road …!

Derrick Hughes said:
Drove through 3 M4 services today ,never seen pumps so quiet , drive straight in and filled up ,

M-J-G · Oct 1, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
£1.55

300 seat train into London , 6 people on , Country is Nuts
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So is cycling up and down a train

steveR · Oct 1, 2021

ollie989898 said:
I bet money you can fly from Exeter to Scotland cheaper than it would be on a train.

Sprog One needed to get from London to Glasgow (or Inverness) for work earlier in the year, and she was very keen to go by train. Ended up flying from City Airport to Glasgow at a 1/3rd the price, and back from Inverness, at similar rate.

steveR · Oct 1, 2021

farmerm said:
Shrewsbury to london family of 5 would be £300 return, any journey time saved on the train lost in travel to station and waiting on trains and then the train still doesnt delivery you to your destination requiring more time and money using very often unreliable and confusing local transport systems. sad but it is often mad to take the train....

Train is great into Brum or BHI from Welly or Shrewsbury, but anything that requires changes and faffing, I take a car or bike. I did use the train to Coventry a tew rimes to go and watch rugby at the Ricoh, but that became less and less attractive (as connections became difficult in Cov) other the ability to have more than a pint at the game...

I go on the bike now, 55mins, door to door, and park right by the Stadium entrance

Bramble · Oct 1, 2021

M-J-G said:
So is cycling up and down a train

Its Derricks idea of cycling to London

Hampton · Oct 1, 2021

farmerm said:
All I spoke to had 2-3 day delivery options in Shropshire last week so no problems here.

Web oil not taking orders as they are 3 weeks full. Rix 7 day delivery.
Went with callows ordered Tuesday, came yesterday

Hampton · Oct 1, 2021

steveR said:
Train is great into Brum or BHI from Welly or Shrewsbury, but anything that requires changes and faffing, I take a car or bike. I did use the train to Coventry a tew rimes to go and watch rugby at the Ricoh, but that became less and less attractive (as connections became difficult in Cov) other the ability to have more than a pint at the game...

I go on the bike now, 55mins, door to door, and park right by the Stadium entrance

I know that wasps are a superior rugby team to Worcester regarding players, but the day out at six ways is infinitely superior to the Ricoh.
A proper old fashioned rugby atmosphere rather than a football experience at the cov stadium.
It’s also great for kids too. Can’t praise it enough

Courier · Oct 1, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
That’s because all the nobheads now have full tanks and are feeling very pleased with themselves.

Thats what I was hoping - Everywhere around here locally seems to be out of fuel again. !!!!

Got a 600 mile job on this evening West Yorkshire, Ellesmere Port, Bonnyrigg, Bathgate and home....

Cab-over Pete · Oct 1, 2021

Sod that. I get fed up driving for much above an hour on the road these days.

Doing it for the kids · Oct 1, 2021

Homesy said:
Was told 10 working days. 71.9p/litre

ouch, 61.20 paid this week

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