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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill

‘The cost has become absurd’: UK motorists lament £100-a-tank petrol

John Ford from High Wycombe with his orange Ford Mexico at Burton-in-Kendal service station.
John Ford from High Wycombe with his orange Ford Mexico at Burton-in-Kendal service station. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

“I won’t be going away nearly so often if this continues, and I’ve already had to come out of retirement to meet rising living costs,” says Carol Halliwell – one of many motorists making a pitstop at Burton-in-Kendal services on her way to the annual horse fair in Appleby.

Sipping tea in her camper van as she plots out the route northbound, Halliwell shares stories of her travels around the UK, but explains it won’t be long before petrol prices become prohibitively high and she has to sell the van.

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