just came down through france and some service stations mainly shell ones were saying they had no fuel,don’t know whats going on but i pulled into one and they had bollards over all the pumps
the total garages were fine though as i had no problems there
just thought i would warn you guys
Might have something to do with industrial action by refinary workers causing panic buying.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100221/bs_afp/franceoilrefinejobsstrikecompanytotal
Seems to be sorted out for now though.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_france_refineries_strike
Strange that the Total garages were ok as it affected them, but maybe they knew it was happening and had full tanks on thier forecourts. 
seen a strange amount of total tankers on the motorways 
that might had something to do with it
I have noticed all the automatic pumps (Shell) only seem to have V power Derv which is more expensive, 
Apparently the strike is over now, but the Total plant at Rennes was still blockaded yesterday