What were we supposed...
What were we supposed to do? Grab shovels and dig our way through, searching for bus stops where we"d wait in sub-zero temperatures for public service vehicles with no seatbelts? Or would it have been more acceptable to pay a dollar a minute to ride around in filthy yellow cabs for a week? Alternatively, I could have opted for a simple two-wheel-drive car. But in such tricky conditions, I feared I"d end up down a ditch or in the path of an oncoming truck, so I opted for a 4x4.
A clever device that...
A clever device that could stop thousands of drivers misfuelling has won financial backing on the hit BBC TV show Dragonsň€™ Den. Mike Cottonň€™s invention replaces the filler neck with a resized one that wonň€™t allow the smaller petrol nozzle into a diesel car.
Originally Mike, from Dunmow, Essex, wanted ŇŁ250,000 for 20 per cent of his business. But after negotiating with three of the Dragons, he was pushed to 25 per cent for the same sum ň€“ the most the entrepreneurs have ever invested. Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis will now work with Mike to market the ŇŁ69.99 device. Cotton said: ň€śThe backing allows us to take production from 4,000 units a month to 30,000 and meet demand.ň€ť Visit www.misfuellingprevention.co.uk for info.