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01/06/2026

Polycarbonate tunnel finally planted up with tomatoes, peppers, chillies, cucumber and aubergines…

01/05/2026

A floral bounty at

22/04/2026

For those who don’t know…
Probably worth sending to all the companies you use who use Evri as their “delivery partner”!

Evri's fuel top-up scheme kicked in on Monday after diesel passed their £1.70/litre trigger for three weeks – but couriers opening the email found a scheme that's been quietly gutted since the last version.

The old four-tier system how how urban or rural your round is has been cut to three. The classification is now based on where your depot is, not where you actually deliver – so if you're driving 50 miles into the countryside every day but your depot's in town, congratulations, you're "Urban." Here's 50p.

The daily rates? 35p, 50p, or 75p depending on category. With diesel at £1.90 a litre, that won't get you half a litre at the top end.

Worse, it's now also tied to maintaining 95% delivery performance, and Evri have added two new metrics to the mix. One of them is customer enquiries. So if a customer hasn't checked their safe place, hasn't looked at the photo, or is flat-out lying to get free stuff – that counts against YOU, and your fuel top-up vanishes.

Throw in the well-known app glitches, other drivers' stats wrongly appearing on your profile, etc., and you've got a system that sounds like support but is engineered to pay out as little as possible.

75p a day. With strings attached. While they call it "our commitment to you."

20/04/2026

Love the spring… even in the rain!

20/04/2026

Hint of sunshine on the cherry tree through the heavy rain…

10/04/2026

Rhododendron, fritillaria imperialis, assorted narcissi and plum blossom - some of the joys of spring on a bright but cold day here at Clachan Garden B&B

27/03/2026

27/03/2026

Not quite the first guests of the season but I guess we’re now almost ready to rock n roll…

12/09/2025

Breakfast at Clachan Garden

08/09/2025

Garden to table at clachangardenbandb vegetables