chris French wrote:

According to Trainline.com, an off peak single from Portsmouth to
Preston costs £91.50 (as long as she can avoid travelling at certain
times by the look of it - probably those times which hit peak evening
London departure restrictions)). Not cheap, no, but the fuel for a 500+
mile round trip alone is not insignificant.

I rather value my balls, they are what makes me a man. If I suggest
that, I could lose them when I get her back home. :-((

To pick an easy figure to work out, At 45 mpg it would cost over £50 in
petrol - and many vehicles will do a lot less on that sort of trip, plus
of course tyre wear and other wear and tear on the car.

The old diesel can do the trip there and back on one tank, with fuel to
spare for about £55-00 now the chancellor has ripped us off again. :-(

VAT reduced to 15%. Duty on bear, wines and spirits increased. As well
as fuel duty being increased when VAT was reduced.

Anyone seen an announcement about the duty being reduced since January
the first? No? I wonder why.

Dave