2021-09-16
Last Sunday I had occasion to make a day trip that succeeded (thanks to a SatNav that was insistent that only the nose2tail M25 could get me where I wished to go, in collaboration with my own obstinate assertion that it couldn't) in largely emptying my fuel tank.
Blithely assuming service as usual I then pulled into my usual fuel station to be equally blithely blocked from every pump by massed ranks of cones. No fuel here! Tried the next biggest petrol station - same experience. With mounting trepidation I drove on the the third, last and smallest station in town, and was considerably relieved to be able to fill up ready for the next planned expedition.
Thinking how some of the supermarkets and local shops are already showing sporadic empty spaces where my normal items can usually be picked up without thought for how they got there, I fell to wondering just how much truth there might be in tales of impending shortages on a larger scale.
Should similar experiences have occurred for you, you may be interested in the current status of world shipping as portrayed by an expert in the field:
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