The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25280   Message #295629
Posted By: Auxiris
12-Sep-00 - 10:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Fuel crisis
Subject: RE: BS: Fuel crisis
Hello, Ewan. . . I can certainly appreciate what you say since the first edition of our storyteller festival was destroyed by fuel blockades last week in France. The blockades went up the night (Monday) before the festival began and by Wednesday there wasn't a drop of petrol to be had, at least not for anyone not driving a "priority" vehicle, as any petrol stations that had any fuel left had by then been requisitioned. Our non-profit organisation had hoped for enough income from festival attendance to start paying a part-time (perhaps eventually even full-time) employee. We don't yet know if this will now be possible so the blockades have probably cost one more job. . .

Aux