Thursday 26 May 2016

French strikes

We are watching this development as closely as possible. Strong unions are rebelling against government measures to make France more progressive which means changes for workers not only in employment law but also to their pension schemes. A growing problem of refineries forced to close by workers means petrol stations are struggling to stay open and the public are panic buying.
We got up early this morning and went to our local station in Tribes,  only to find a line up of a dozen or so cars. I was a bit nervous that they might object to us having their fuel, but all went smoothly.
We are very concerned that we might not make it to our next destination in the Dordogne and even worse, further north to Dijon. The motorhome itself consumes a lot of diesel because of its weight. On top of that we are towing, so we are not very economical with fuel. We are carrying a bit extra, but hoping that the petrol stations on the Peage will be supplied. We certainly pay enough to travel that way! Fingers crossed!

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