Another LPG outlet gone (5 Viewers)

[sylvester1954]

BP garage Roundswell, Barnstaple no longer have LPG and Flo-gas at nearby Fremington have removed pumps too... really worried the squeeze on LPG outlets causing big problems.
Only one nearby is Milton Damerel.

 

[bigtwin]

BP garage Roundswell, Barnstaple no longer have LPG and Flo-gas at nearby Fremington have removed pumps too... really worried the squeeze on LPG outlets causing big problems.
Only one nearby is Milton Damerel.

We’ll be panic buying next!

Ian

 

[tonka]

Move. !!!
I got loads around me here in Cannock, new ones have been opening at taxi companies.

 

[Googlebot]

Move. !!!
I got loads around me here in Cannock, new ones have been opening at taxi companies.

I live Walsall and 2 new ones in last 12 months.

 

[LesW]

None 'near' me, but then I don't holiday near me.

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[Nonna]

BP garage Roundswell, Barnstaple no longer have LPG and Flo-gas at nearby Fremington have removed pumps too... really worried the squeeze on LPG outlets causing big problems.
Only one nearby is Milton Damerel.

Yes. Other than Milton Damerel, the nearest is Minehead or Exeter area.
Electric at the site I was on was 77p a unit so I've moved to an electric included.
It's so short sighted of the suppliers in what is a very busy tourist area. There are always plenty of MHs around.

 

[seasideBill]

Only a couple or 3 left in Cornwall now.

 

[cyberyacht]

There seems to be a multiplicity of outlets, not all garages but builders merchants etc., in the Midlands. Pity they aren't more evenly distributed around the UK.

 

[Brains]

If you own a campsite, marina or even a local garage somewhere in north Cornwall, ideally on the A30 somewhere like Bodmin or Launceston, there is a licence to print money by selling autogas.

Tens of thousands of motorhomes go past every year.
You can change almost what you like as zero competition within 60 miles.

Perhaps someone should tell Morrisons in Bodmin?
They have more than enough space to fit a tank and even a seperate pump on the forecourt, and most importantly they also already have a LPG distribution network.

 

[nicholsong]

This only seems to be a problem, and a patchy one, in UK. Here in Poland about 2/3 of filling stations sell LPG.

We have also not had any problems in France, Germany, Greece etc. except Pyrenees.

Why are the same international companies removing LPG pumps in UK and not elsewhere?

Anyone know?

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[Dorwyn]

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[rosalan]

Campsites do tend to cash-in on the reduction of LPG stations. 99p is the going rate near me with a minimum purchase of 10litres.

 

[TrudeandDall]

If you own a campsite, marina or even a local garage somewhere in north Cornwall, ideally on the A30 somewhere like Bodmin or Launceston, there is a licence to print money by selling autogas.

Tens of thousands of motorhomes go past every year.
You can change almost what you like as zero competition within 60 miles.

Perhaps someone should tell Morrisons in Bodmin?
They have more than enough space to fit a tank and even a seperate pump on the forecourt, and most importantly they also already have a LPG distribution network.

No need as there is already a site near Redruth that has geared up for motorhome LPG. . Plenty of room to get even a large van in and very friendly owners too.

 

[Emmit]

If you own a campsite, marina or even a local garage somewhere in north Cornwall, ideally on the A30 somewhere like Bodmin or Launceston, there is a licence to print money by selling autogas.

Tens of thousands of motorhomes go past every year.
You can change almost what you like as zero competition within 60 miles.

Perhaps someone should tell Morrisons in Bodmin?
They have more than enough space to fit a tank and even a seperate pump on the forecourt, and most importantly they also already have a LPG distribution network.

Ah!

But that would mean them SPENDING money instead of just collecting it.

 

[Brains]

No need as there is already a site near Redruth that has geared up for motorhome LPG. . Plenty of room to get even a large van in and very friendly owners too.

Which is 98 miles from the next station on the A30 at Exeter.

A LPG station at Launceston or Bodmin could not fail to make money as zero competition in either direction

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[seasideBill]

Which is 98 miles from the next station on the A30 at Exeter.

I think you can still get LPG at Carkeel on the A38? That’s about halfway betwixt Redruth & Exeter.

 

[Brains]

I think you can still get LPG at Carkeel on the A38? That’s about halfway betwixt Redruth & Exeter.

Yep, I filled up there on my last Cornish run, but only because the station I had intended on stopping at at Exeter had run out of LPG.
However it involved a big deviation onto the A38 which would not be my normal route to north Cornwall, and it's still 60 miles in either direction to the next LPG station at Exeter or Redruth

 

[dulvil]

Campsites do tend to cash-in on the reduction of LPG stations. 99p is the going rate near me with a minimum purchase of 10litres.

If they didn’t stock it where would you have to go, I can’t think of anywhere else close to us

 

[Lenny HB]

No problems in the South East.

This only seems to be a problem, and a patchy one, in UK. Here in Poland about 2/3 of filling stations sell LPG.

Similar in Belgium & Germany.

 

[Coolcats]

Now this may seem controversial but members ( and I know some vocal MHF members are not) of the amazingly wonderful CAMC could ask the organisation to place gas ️ on their sites as they have large gas tanks on site so members could top up and then for us members there would be no issue.

Discuss

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[rosalan]

If they didn’t stock it where would you have to go, I can’t think of anywhere else close to us

The Lakes Campsite in Henlow Beds, sell Gas from 9am till 2pm daily. Drive in and the attended service is on the left.

 

[seasideBill]

Yep, I filled up there on my last Cornish run, but only because the station I had intended on stopping at at Exeter had run out of LPG.
However it involved a big deviation onto the A38 which would not be my normal route to north Cornwall, and it's still 60 miles in either direction to the next LPG station at Exeter or Redruth

 

[seasideBill]

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[seasideBill]

A38 - v - A30 to N Cornwall…. just a few miles in it. As a local, A38 is generally my preferred route, particularly going west with no tolls to pay.

 

[Brains]

A38 - v - A30 to N Cornwall…. just a few miles in it. As a local, A38 is generally my preferred route, particularly going west with no tolls to pay.

I'm an ex pat.
I'm normally making for my sisters in Tintagel or other reli's around Wadebridge
A30, A395 to Davidstow
My second choice is A39
But we have two other sets of relis on the A38, so it's an excuse to drop in

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[cyberyacht]

Now this may seem controversial but members ( and I know some vocal MHF members are not) of the amazingly wonderful CAMC could ask the organisation to place gas ️ on their sites as they have large gas tanks on site so members could top up and then for us members there would be no issue.

Discuss

On a few strategic key sites, one would think it to be a no-brainer. However knowing how CAMC work, it would be located inside the barriers and only available to those actually staying on site. They don't even allow 'splash & dash' unlike C&CC. They don't do user-friendly.

 

[Coolcats]

On a few strategic key sites, one would think it to be a no-brainer. However knowing how CAMC work, it would be located inside the barriers and only available to those actually staying on site. They don't even allow 'splash & dash' unlike C&CC. They don't do user-friendly.

Absolutely correct think it may be my selfish gene but that’s all ok for me why should anyone want to share the facilities on a site they are staying on.

 

[Googlebot]

Absolutely correct think it may be my selfish gene but that’s all ok for me why should anyone want to share the facilities on a site they are staying on.

They aren’t free though are they, being used by members who pay for the service. We used Glen Coe last year while staying in Kinlochleven for instance.

You could say we made it cheaper for those staying by subsidising your stay.

 

[CAB96]

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This only seems to be a problem, and a patchy one, in UK. Here in Poland about 2/3 of filling stations sell LPG.

We have also not had any problems in France, Germany, Greece etc. except Pyrenees.

Why are the same international companies removing LPG pumps in UK and not elsewhere?

Anyone know?

I would imagine it is a result of the UK Government prioritising incentives for diesel over LPG earlier this century.

 

[liamharry]

There used to be an LPG pump at the BP Victoria Services on the A30 in Cornwall that we’ve used before, but that looks like it has gone now !

We also have just lost the LPG pumps at the Asda services in High Wycombe just off the M40 that was always handy and relatively cheap. Feel sorry for anyone that invested in LPG fuelled cars here in the UK.

Thankfully we have a LPG car converter near us who say it’s getting harder to get hold of LPG, but they are going to keep stocking it as their business is converting vehicles to run on LPG.

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