petrol (available?)

[Langdale]

cactus Wrote:

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> Super-T Wrote:

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> > The Grove Vale Filling station (goose green

> near

> > the roundabout) has petrol but also a huge

> queue

> > of 15+ cars which is blocking the road badly

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> Still blocking the road when I walked past at 4ish

> today. Selfish beyond belief to pull over knowing

> full well they're blocking the route for other

> cars, plus it's a busy bus route.

I drove my husband to hospital on Saturday - while he was having a heart attack - and we had to wait to pass by the queue of traffic. It was stressful but I didn't think people were selfish. You don't know the reasons why people need that petrol and I "selfishly" queued there on Tuesday morning so I had fuel in the car to bring my husband back home from hospital.

[tinyidentity]

Where should I go to get petrol today? It?s my day off, I?m an NHS key worker who needs my car for my job? don?t want to be sitting in a queue blocking traffic but need to fill up sometime today so I can do my job again tomorrow. Any tips? Thanks!

[Charl70]

BP forest Hill just been there took 20mins queuing diesel and petrol

Cheers

Dave (plastercare)

[tinyidentity]

Thanks Dave! Hope everyone out on the roads today is as kind as you :)

[hellosailor]

No diesel at forest Hill BP now, they?ve run out already!

[tinyidentity]

Got unleaded at BP Forest Hill, in and out in an hour, only got yelled at once? so success!

[whodhavethoughit]

We managed to get petrol this morning at Morrisons. As mentioned above, the staff were fair and organised and a chap who attempted to queue jump and refused to budge only moved and joined the end of the queue, when they told him he would be refused petrol at the pumps.

Anyhow we were there around about an hour. We did try the two garages by Goose Green before heading to Morrisons and both had "no petrol" signs up.

Good luck - I keep thinking of the original Mad Max film.

[Rockets]

It does seem to be the case that getting there early helps. I got to the BP in Forest Hill (thanks Dave for the tip) by just after 8 and it took about 15 mins but by the time I left it had got a lot more chaotic and the queue was much longer. The Shell at the top of Sydenham Hill on the way to Crystal Palace was also open this morning.

[Nigello]

Are they putting a limit on the amount purchased?

[Rockets]

They are at BP in Forest Hill - ?35 per customer.

[whodhavethoughit]

Morrisons had no limit. One chap had ?70's worth of fuel and others were filling up petrol cans. We only filled our small car

[ED2020]

I've just (11am) filled up at the BP garage on the Old Kent Road (by the tip). 5 min queue. No limits.

The Shell garage further down the road was only slightly busier.

[tedfudge]

Morrisons peckham Tesco and asda old Kent road all have petrol no ques.. wife filling up in morrisons.. work colleague asda myself in Tesco's in and out within 4 minutes... petrol station east dulwich road very busy long ques no limits at morrisons or Tesco not sure about asda

[tedfudge]

Wife just got back from morrisons peckham petrol station she asked the lady in kiosk what time they are closing station and they will be closing at 6pm every day until crisis is over .... hope that helps..

[Huggers]

Thank you! Queued at BP FH at 11.50 am for only twenty minutes! Only worry now is that like everyone else I was queued in the bus Lane.

[Spartacus]

I'm loving the viral videos going around of Americans when they had a "gas" crisis

The one with the lady filling plastic bags then putting them in her boot is only surpassed by the guy filling a tarpaulin in the back of his pickup for stupidity.

Thank the stars that we are more sensible and only create a crisis by panicking over a minor initial disruption at a few petrol stations 🤔

If everyone stopped panicking and filled up only when they needed to (like normal) this thread wouldn't even exist 😃

[FredCasa]

Really helpful, thanks!

[natty01295]

Get on your bicycles ??

[spoiltdog]

Grove vale,service station open for fuel 5 minute wait at 6am this morning unlimited no cap on how much

[mrwb]

Good news, if everyone just buys normally there won't be a shortage. Nothing changed with distribution or supply from this time last week.

Just the panic buying...

spoiltdog Wrote:

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> Grove vale,service station open for fuel 5 minute

> wait at 6am this morning unlimited no cap on how

> much

[kiyoaki]

but buying normally has led to us having zero fuel, spending hours phoning / monitoring internet to see where fuel is and extremely stressful trips with tank empty to try and get some petrol. feels like I've lost out by being sensible ?

[Beulah]

Yep - before the "panic" there was much less fuel than normal in petrol stations.

BP told the Govt 2x weeks ago situation "is bad, very bad"

Govt did nothing then it leaked out and people unsurprisingly bought fuel while they could...

Interestingly people blame the media but when I filled up before the news came out last week, a woman opposite me was already panic buying because someone had warned her.

[Angelina]

natty01295 Wrote:

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> Get on your bicycles ??

Totally support that Natty.

It's down to people's behaviour.

What people deem as essential and what really ARE essential are different things.

[LadyShip]

I had luck in Asda old kent Road today and a friend in Morrisons. Out of the red!

[natty01295]

Get on your Bicycles ????

No fuel, Cheaper