The online local paper told me the cheapest diesel on Sunday was 154.7p at Asda, so I wanted to get close to that price. I tried my usual cheapest Asda which is on my commute (just off the motorway) but could see it was 168.9p/l for diesel as I came down the sliproad so went straight back up the on ramp. I went past a few places I never use and they were up in the high 170s and one was 181.9p/l so I began to wonder if Asda may have been worth it. But there are three (usually) cheaper filling stations I know, pretty much on my route, so I held off to see what they were charging. First two (Morrisons with an Esso next door) were around 148/149p/litre a week ago. Last night the Morrisons didn't have any prices on the sign and the Esso was over 180p/l so I assume Morrisons had run out. My last resort is usually the cheapest in the area. I headed there and their petrol price seemed relatively sensible at 161.9p/l, but diesel was 178.7p/l. Still filled up because it's independent and otherwise I'd have ended up driving round Cheltenham looking for a cheap place. Over £113 to fill and I had 100 miles of range left in the tank.
I wish I'd done a Petrol Prices search before leaving the office because there are plenty of usually expensive fuel places which are currently cheaper, it seems - I just didn't go past any of them. Annoying. Particularly annoying was the big Tesco I avoided which apparently was charging 157.9p/l yesterday
