In our local Waitrose yesterday there were a number of empty shelves including a complete absence of loo rolls.

Signs were in evidence asking customers to be patient during the current difficulties caused by delivery problems (I can't remember the exact wording).

According to a staff member I chatted to, the Co2 and delivery shortages are being exacerbated by folk panic buying again. What is it with this desperation for loo rolls whenever there's a supply issue?

Anyway, this Co2 issue does appear to be causing problems in all sorts of areas (not least in the brewing industry) and the doom mongers are already forecasting a miserable Christmas.

Look out lads, just when we thought things were looking up too..........

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

BP and Esso shutting petrol stations, shortage of drivers apparently-nothing to do with brexit ,although lots of these eu chaps did drive HGVs here! On the plus side who needs to drive? Get on your bikes and find/cycle to work- as one top CONservative said! Its saving the planet, saving your hard earned shekles to pay that huge heating bill coming, and keeping you fit, you can cancel the gym membership-to pay the rising food bills! Win ,win, win, win, whats not to like? If all that fails, and you can"t afford your christmas prezzies, lets bring in Jacob, Jacob will sort it!

Yep, I've just seen that fuel stations are being closed. Fortunately, I filled the tank this morning so should be OK for a while. What happened to all the HGV drivers anyway? It is tempting to suggest they were furloughed and now don't want to come back to work. But I'm sure any drivers on here will tell us otherwise.

Please stop encouraging folk to cycle everywhere. I used to cycle all over the place in my youth when there was a lot less traffic on the road. Now, frankly, they are a menace with their holier than though, look down their nose, helmeted, lycra clad, two abreast, mobile chicane behaviour.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Errr, they are back home in Europe mate, brexit and covid are the problems we face, one of our own making, one an act of god! If we get Jacob and Nigel back to help boris, im sure we will be fine! Good move filling up today, use it sparingly, probably have queues longer than the turnstyles at palace before long!

HGV firms are also headhunting binmen to retrain. So we may fix one problem and have another pop up like a massive game of sh*tty ‘project fear’ whack-a-mole.

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We might all need to take a crash course with this guy to ensure there's a sustainable future ahead. He comes across like a genius hobbit. Joking aside though it's absolutely incredible what people are able to do...I wouldn't know where to start!