Two weeks back on the flip from my Barnard Castle eye test, distracted by a full bladder, I filled up at Scotch Corner A1(M) J53 services same price £1.50 for 95 RON. This weekend is the RBLR1000 and 9 of my 11 planned fuel stops are all off motorway and no more than 1,000 yards off so they won’t be time thieves either.
For the future around Bishops Stortford you can save the best part of a blue beer voucher on a tankful of mo’cycle go go juice by peeling off the M11/A120 at junction 8 (Birchanger Services) and taking the B1256 Dunmow Road sign posted towards Takeley where after 1,000 yards you’ll find a 24 hour Esso fuel station. It’s cheaper, it’s less crowded and it’s closer to the M11 than the Service Area.
Best fuel prices around Bishops Stortford are to be found at the Tesco fuel station on the other side of the bypass at the junction of A120 and A1184. It’s 4 miles off the M11/A120 junction but on route back to London if you’re going by way of the A120 and A10.