In my area in London, we now have to drive 2 miles to get to the nearest petrol station, in ANY direction. Until last summer, to get to that same supermarket petrol station, we would have passed at least 6 small independant stations, all offering a variety of prices and services. Seems the big stores have now got the petrol monopoly and soon the likes of BP, Shell, Tootal and Q will vanish into the sticks; London will be full of deserted cars because they ran out of petrol before they could find a Sainsburys or an Asda.

I've always tried to support local businesses, but prices and income do not keep pace with each other.

LTS