I worked in town close to trebor, we always knew when it was pay day, when there was a whiff of pear drops in the air !

When i can get E5, i use it because i get less mpg on E10. If i work it out on pence per mile, i find that it works out about the same & sometimes i'm slightly better off using E5. The main reason for this is that E10 produces less energy so reqiures more to give the same bang ? Also, due to the higher ethanol content of E10, it's more likely to absorb more water & cause issues. Unfortunately, i'm finding it more & more difficult to just drive on to a local forecourt & find the one or two pumps that may have E5 ? The only good thing i can say about E10 is that it does appear to have cleaned my fuel system, & probably the catalytic convertor as well, so when i went for the last MOT, the emissions were lower than last year, even though i had put E5 in prior to the MOT ?

We have been trying to open a cheque community account, it is so hard!
We were in the Nat West for a long time the other day, after explaining to the assistant the issues we were having with the online set up of this she kindly sat us down and spoke to an online assistant herself - to cut a long story short she became very frustrated and i suspect a little annoyed with the person on the other end of the line.
Needless to say we left without an account being set up.
All we want is to put a little money away what we have made fundraising and to be able to add to this money for equipment and food for the poorly Hedgehogs we are looking after.
It is so hard!

I don't know if this is any use to you, but there is some info here about community/ charity bank account.https://www.iwoca.co.uk/finance-explained/charity-bank-accounts/

I don't bank on line and certainly have no desire to do this.

I am needing a bank which still provides a cheque book - is this a possibility ?

Most banks no longer provide cheque books automatically when you open a new account, but they will usually let you have a cheque book if you ask them for one . 

I recently read somewhere, that some  breakdown / recovery agents are now refusing to attend brokendown vehicles on smart motorway sections, whilst some others want at least 2 lanes closed & also highways agency, or police in attendance.!

Never fails to amaze me how journalists are quite happy to slate everyone else, but none of their own profession when it comes to breaking or pushing the boundries of covid rules. Whilst watching  a tv news report  on Boris's bike ride, i couldn't help but notice how press photographers & tv camera crews were clambering all over one another to get a good picture of Boris, no social distancing at all & only a few were wearing masks. Same thing happened a couple of weeks ago when  something was happening at the Old Bailey & it's an all too common occurance in Downing Street. 

I was travelling up Loundsley Green rd this morning when i spotted someone in a hi-viz jacket in the distance, as i got closer i spotted a motorbike blocking the pavement, with a tripod next to it. After doing a bit of digging, it would appear that these things are operated by Derbyshire Crest,  the same people that operate speed camera vans.  These kind of tactics can hardly be called a deterent, & unless they have a camera facing away, they won't catch motorbikes, nor will they catch the growing number of illegal drivers in this area, who don't have driving licences & use "pool" cars. I also would like to know if they turn out at night, when this road is used as a drag strip ?