Petrol price action

[Libitina]

Whether it's the oil companies or the governments ripping us off it's all starting to affect my family

We've been getting by the last two weeks with only £6 + petrol money because our gas and electric bill came through.

It's easy to say get on a bike but there's four of us, two are under 7 and we live surrounded by winding country roads that lorries and cars bomb down at 60mph. I don't have a deathwish!

Oddly enough I had a saleman knock at the door yesterday for a company that delivers food to your door. I checked the prices and was £40 for 6 chicken kievs :lol: I had in inform him now is not really the time for people to be buying that kinda stuff!

There was a thread elsewhere on how rising fuel might affect reenactment events. I doubt it would cause a big difference but I know we had to spend quite a lot getting to one event earlier this month.

Anyhoo, off to flog more possessions on Ebay!

Sorry to hear that Kat.

Can I do a whip round? lol: (and it's all going on petrol!)

I was planning to return to work next month, but as it's up to a forty five mile round trip to work and back each day via the childminder- plus minder's fees have gone up- I will be returning to work for about 10 quid per week after paying the fuel/ car maintenance etc costs just to return to work. Hubby has told me not to bother going back, but we could do with the extra money no matter how small. Jobs are a bit thin on the ground locally unless you are a builder. So much for getting mothers back into the workplace.
I was told to 'ride a bike to work' by the local green party, but I'm not too happy about strapping a six month old to the back of a bike on a busy main road. Especially at 6 oclock in the morning

Argh yeah, I totally understand! Plus any adjustments affect tax credits etc so we'd end up even worse off. Very few jobs fit in with school runs/kids going down with the lurgy, school hols etc. Anyhoo, I'll have my fingers crossed for a petrol tax cut :?