The journey back from Luton was not great! I left this morning with only a quarter tank of diesel. No problem I thought as I could fill up in Luton before I come back. The only bad assumption there was that Luton has fuel garages. I saw lots of tankers of aviation fuel. I saw a couple of redundant or closed garages. Luton is just a different country!

I found a garage, but it had not fuel. I eventually did manage to top up, about 10 minutes after the low level light came up on my dashboard. I was getting worried about being stranded in Luton.

If this happens again, maybe I got an early taster today. I say to these guys – don’t blockade – refuse fuel from Esso, BP and Total and let force the price down!

A little rant: Petrol prices went up due to Hurricane Katrina due to oil shortages, so we are told! The price of a barrel of oil has now fallen back to where it was before Katrina, and yet our prices are still rising – why is that? When the price of crude rises the companies put the price up immediately, when the price of crude drops amazingly the pump price stays the same for weeks for the ‘more expensive fuel to get through the system’. How does that work?

Is it ‘cos I is British???