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In Spain you have petrol stops each 40-50 km in the highway.
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11 Nov 2015
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Hi Rachelanne
Feeding your bike in France or Northern Spain is not a problem,in France we have lost a lot of petrol stations in the 80s 90S but since ten years now every single mini-market in small villages or hyper-markets in large towns are open 24/24 and your are sure to get the lower price of the area ,and i think it's the same all around western and northern Europe, i'm riding a GSA with a large tank (33L) and a spare can on the rear of my panier , the petrol from that can is allways finishing in my lawn mower after having travelling 1000s of KM around Europe , except one time when i help an english biker stucked on the side of the road near Valogne.
Leon area is nice for biking , small roads small villages and not a big trafic , you can push up to Bardenas Reales Nat. Park .
Have a nice trip
Ride safe and cool
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Originally Posted by OTRA
Feeding your bike in France or Northern Spain is not a problem,in France we have lost a lot of petrol stations in the 80s 90S but since ten years now every single mini-market in small villages or hyper-markets in large towns are open 24/24...
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Sure there are lots of pumps but from my experience many of them are not attended for extended periods and do not accept most credit cards, and IIRC, many do not accept cash either. At one point I had to wait at a petrol station for someone to show up and give someone cash so they could buy petrol for me with their card. Not ideal...
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Originally Posted by RachelAnne
even down to planning petrol and food stops (though some suggestions for petrol stops don't actually have a petrol station at that point).
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Yep, there are lots of changes in the sales outlets for fuel.
I guess it is a full time job for some one to keep the maps up to date on such features.
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Feeding your bike in France or Northern Spain is not a problem,in France we have lost a lot of petrol stations in the 80s 90S but since ten years now every single mini-market in small villages or hyper-markets in large towns are open 24/24 and your are sure to get the lower price of the area ,and i think it's the same all around western and northern Europe,
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That ties in with my experiences in refuelling in Europe; France in particular has modernised it's outlets greatly in recent past and that process is continuing - French supermarkets are dominating the market for fuel in France, much like the UK, with prices to suit.
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Sure there are lots of pumps but from my experience many of them are not attended for extended periods and do not accept most credit cards, and IIRC, many do not accept cash either. At one point I had to wait at a petrol station for someone to show up and give someone cash so they could buy petrol for me with their card. Not ideal...
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Yep, they are automated which, at a stroke, has solved the earlier issues of "everything closed on Sundays".
Pay at the pump is very common now which means that the fuel stations are completely un-manned with overview by CCTV.
I can't remember seeing a pay at the pump facility in France that accepts cash.
Either of my two UK issued debit cards has worked fine across all of France and northern Spain - for fuelling, I prefer debit cards compared with credit cards (the latter can get a large chunk of credit "reserved" against your overall credit limit for some days - that can mount up and block the use of your c card elsewhere).
Slowly, nations are moving toward cashless societies.
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