Avoiding motorway fuel prices

Posted on 07/10/2019 12:56 by SteveL

Not into journeys of that length now. However, when we did I would prefer to leave the Motorway to fill up. In the case of the above journey Rhehed at Penrith is fairly easy to get into with a van and somewhat cheaper than the motorway. Google street view makes it easy to check out stops and any access problems. Now we have a MH we could make it without refuelling but I have had enough at 300 miles.😂

As far as the loo paper is concerned, we only use the supermarket cheap stuff, it breaks down fine. The expensive Thetford stuff is a bit of a con

Posted on 07/10/2019 12:38 by geoffeales

A new trick I picked up from a fellow vanner last year, when you have a long trip and your tank's not quite big enough to make it in one, (like mine from Weston-s-Mare to Glasgow last week) fill a jerry-can at your local supermarket and top-up from that. With motorway fuel the price it is this can make quite saving. 

This second tip may not go down well with everyone, especially you eco-warriors, but instead of chucking expensive degradable loo-paper into your "chemo-lavvy", we've started using supermarket stuff and bagging it up with clean-wipes etc. in nappy-bags. 

Posted on 07/10/2019 12:38 by geoffeales

A new trick I picked up from a fellow vanner last year, when you have a long trip and your tank's not quite big enough to make it in one, (like mine from Weston-s-Mare to Glasgow last week) fill a jerry-can at your local supermarket and top-up from that. With motorway fuel the price it is this can make quite saving. 

This second tip may not go down well with everyone, especially you eco-warriors, but instead of chucking expensive degradable loo-paper into your "chemo-lavvy", we've started using supermarket stuff and bagging it up with clean-wipes etc. in nappy-bags.