Fuel in France
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In Motara, Spain, and due to leave today heading back to Calais via Toulouse. Will have fuel to get to Toulouse area if we fill,up in Spain. Does anyone know how bad it is in that area, will we be able to refill on route and keep going. Thanks
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Hi jasper12
we don't go until 17th June, maybe the situation will be improved by then but then again it may be even worse. We too are heading to the Dordogne via St Malo so slightly closer, and we too have family flying out to Bergerac to join us in the middle week
of three.....our thoughts at the moment are that we are going to "go for it" and take a spare 5 litres can, plus maybe a few empty fuel containers too.....if we can get to Dordogne or as near as on a full tank then we have upwards of two and a half weeks to
find enough fuel to get back + we will also hopefully have filled the cans which we can use up before getting back on the ferry. Anyway just wanted to wish you and anyone else of a similar mindset good luck and Bon voyage.....hopefully you will have a great
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Friends of ours travelled yesterday from Blangy-sur-Bresle (off the A28 north of Rouen) to Moulin Fort at Chenonceaux via autoroute, A28. They reported no problems with fuel on that autoroute, confiming the presumption in some previous posts that fuel on autoroutes is available.
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Morning all
I have a couple of updates:
Camping Château de Leychoisier - just north of Limoges - site staff have advised no problems, plenty of fuel.
Camping Moulin de Campech - 40 miles south west of Toulouse - people have been arriving at this site from the North and South and have not reported any problems.
I have also been hearing the same as other members - services on the Autoroutes do not seem to be affected and members are not having problems getting fuel.
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There appears a lot of conflicting information about fuel availibility. The essence map shows a slightly improving picture and a tweet I read states only one filling station out of 155 in the Dordogne is dry. But how up to date is the information? And how
accurate is the BBC who stated that filled jerry cans cannot be taken on Eurotunnel? I'll see what the situation is like on Monday (if the truth is available) before risking the drive to the Dordogne on Tuesday or heading to Austria via Belgium and Germany.0 -
There appears a lot of conflicting information about fuel availibility. The essence map shows a slightly improving picture and a tweet I read states only one filling station out of 155 in the Dordogne is dry. But how up to date is the information? And how accurate is the BBC who stated that filled jerry cans cannot be taken on Eurotunnel? I'll see what the situation is like on Monday (if the truth is available) before risking the drive to the Dordogne on Tuesday or heading to Austria via Belgium and Germany.
That's not correct, if you look at Eurotunnel's own website and their advice relating to this. See THIS LINK
It clearly states you are allowed a maximum of 30 litres.
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Hi Jasper12 Toll roads in France are the equivalent of our motorway system only better as they are less busy ,they have services on like ours but more frequent than ours about every 10k ,some are small areas and some are big areas they are signposted telling
you what is avaible ie fuel cafe toilets etc ,so if motorways are not affected as yet you should be ok !!0 -
Hi Jasper12 Toll roads in France are the equivalent of our motorway system only better as they are less busy ,they have services on like ours but more frequent than ours about every 10k ,some are small areas and some are big areas they are signposted telling you what is avaible ie fuel cafe toilets etc ,so if motorways are not affected as yet you shoul
Hi Jasper12 Toll roads in France are the equivalent of our motorway system only better as they are less busy ,they have services on like ours but more frequent than ours about every 10k ,some are small areas and some are big areas they are signposted telling you what is avaible ie fuel cafe toilets etc ,so if motorways are not affected as yet you should be ok !!
The downsides are, of course, that tolls are quite expensive especially when towing a caravan and fuel prices too are much more than elsewhere. You pays your money and you . . . . . . What price piece of mind or a better chance of enjoying your holiday?
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Thanks for all your responses so far. Think we will go for it and travel so long as the situation gets no worse. Think it best to use the toll roads and pay the extra money for hopefully peace of mind.
Will let you know how we get on if it hasn't blown over by next week
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Thanks for all your responses so far. Think we will go for it and travel so long as the situation gets no worse. Think it best to use the toll roads and pay the extra money for hopefully peace of mind.
Will let you know how we get on if it hasn't blown over by next week
Fingers crossed Jasper. Do let us know how you get on
All the best
David
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If its any help to anyone, my husband has just flown back from the UK to Limoges airport today and driven a further 3 hours south to get home.
He said fuel was available without any queues on the motorway and there were no demonstrations or problems on the way.
I was worried having watched the BBC news this morning.
For anyone coming to France setting off from the UK with a full tank via the western channel crossings, that ought to bring you far enough south to get past the real problems.0 -
Planning to travel next Weds, glad to hear autoroute services appear not so badly affected (so far...) This website regularly updates least/worst hit areas:
https://penurie.mon-essence.fr/w/
might help anyone else still wondering whether or not to go..
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On our way to Italy. Reports I heard were not good so travelling via Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. Have bought fuel in Belgium today with no problem but spoke to an English couple on our site today who have left France because there were no petrol stations
with fuel in the area where they were in north west France and they were down to half a tank. A bonus of our new route is no tolls!0 -
On our way to Italy. Reports I heard were not good so travelling via Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. Have bought fuel in Belgium today with no problem but spoke to an English couple on our site today who have left France because there were no petrol stations
with fuel in the area where they were in north west France and they were down to half a tank. A bonus of our new route is no tolls!like you we don't trust french unions. Off to South of France on Sunday, now via Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. A nice opportunity to explore countries not visited before. CC great today. Cancelled sites in France at no cost, and booked sites for
our journey south over next week. Excellent service.0 -
If its any help to anyone, my husband has just flown back from the UK to Limoges airport today and driven a further 3 hours south to get home.
He said fuel was available without any queues on the motorway and there were no demonstrations or problems on the way.
I was worried having watched the BBC news this morning.
For anyone coming to France setting off from the UK with a full tank via the western channel crossings, that ought to bring you far enough south to get past the real problems.Thanks, O & S, your feedback certainly does help. We're booked on the ferry to Ouisterham Sunday 5th June, and will take your advice.
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Hi, we have driven from the Auvergne back to the Lot no problems all garages operating as normal did have a diversion on A75 for 1 junction due to road resurfacing otherwise a lot of uk reg's on the way south also a lot of redkites and black kites also 1
vulture very close to us on the diversion road.Redkite.
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We have been out sightseeing today in the Millau area, all the fuel stations we passed seemed to have supplies, certainly none were closed.
France 24 news is reporting that 20% of fuel stations are either dry or have restricted supplies, and that all but one depot (in the south) has had the blockades removed and that supplies should be delivered over the weekend.
However refinery workers are still on strike and the unions are vowing to carry on the disruption.
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I posted this in 'the other' thread. It may be useful unless it gets Deleted User as a duplicate thread!
Just returned up the west coast and most seem to have fuel.
During the last week or so we have had limits of 25 Euros and'/or 25 litres.
One main road garage only had the more expensive 'Super' diesel.....but as much as you want!
Apart from the riots it's not really a problem....just a normal 'French' inconvenience.
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We have been out sightseeing today in the Millau area, all the fuel stations we passed seemed to have supplies, certainly none were closed.
France 24 news is reporting that 20% of fuel stations are either dry or have restricted supplies, and that all but one depot (in the south) has had the blockades removed and that supplies should be delivered over the weekend.
However refinery workers are still on strike and the unions are vowing to carry on the disruption.
...It is reported on French news channels here that the country has 4 months' reserves if the refineries aren't producing.
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We were planning to go to France for the last 3 weeks of our holiday but at present we are hiding out in Cambrils (Spain)
Hoping that it will be sorted by the time we have to head for the ferry at Caen on the 21st June, France really don't do themselves
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The situation seems to have improved a bit according to news reports, certainly there are no problems now here in Millau.
On our way "home" after another day sightseeing, we passed at least 6 fuel stations which were all offering the full range of diesel/petrol. Prices have risen slightly, diesel we saw at between 1.12 and 1.25 euros, we filled up at Carrefour again as it
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Please keep the info coming - it's most helpful. We're currently in Peniscola and leave Wednesday 1st June.... Don't know whether to continue planned route to Carcassonne, then north for Calais on the 14th...or go via Varagoza and St Jean de Luz (slightly
less miles to Calais). A 3rd alternative is to get a Bilbao or Santander ferry and say 'non' to France, but not sure if the dog will cope with the 24hrts on board. Anyone with advice about taking a dog on this crossing?0
