Or have I just been lucky?
Hi all,
Returned yesterday to the UK from Tunisia through France. We'd heard all about the problems - ports blockaded, no fuel, roads blocked etc, and we feared the worst.
We docked at Marseille with no problems, it was only the oil terminal that was blockaded, ferries were running fine. For the drive home, we'd considered hot-footing it to Italy, then up through Switz, Germany, Lux and Belgium.
I spoke to a depannage guy on the dock and he said the motorway was clear so we thought we'd give it a go - our tanks were full of Tunisian diesel and we had enough to get home. We drove all the way from Marseille to Dunkerque with no problems whatsoever. Every time we stopped for a coffee, the service stations were fine. No queues, no rationing, no hassle. We saw no blockades. When we stopped for the evening at Valence the local fuel stations had plenty of diesel. Before we boarded the ferry at Dunkerque we decided to check out the Auchan hypermarket. Same deal, no queues so we filled up, got on the boat and went home.
We might have just been extraordinarily lucky so I'd recommend "destroyer tactics" ie when you stop for a break, fill your tank even if it's 3/4 full.
Happy trails,
Jojo
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