A remote petrol pump in the Highlands is selling diesel at £2.07 per litre – believed to be currently among the most expensive on the UK mainland.
It equates to £9.43 a gallon, which was a shock to visiting road trip Easter holidaymakers.
The Cluanie Inn, on the A887 Skye to Inverness road at Glen Shiel, is also advertising unleaded petrol at 190.8p per litre.
According to the RAC, the average UK price for unleaded petrol on April 13 was 162.19p a litre while diesel was 176.18p.
The Cluanie Inn’s pump price is despite Chancellor Rishi Sunak cutting fuel duty rates by 5p last month as motorists struggle with record fuel prices.
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The Glenmoriston business – which came under fire previously for its prices – said they were based on its remote location and the cost of transporting fuel to the site.
High prices due to ‘rural’ location
It also relies on a diesel generator to power up the pumps and point of sale machine 24/7.
Vanessa Crasto, vice president of parent group Black Sheep Hotels, said: “We do not make any profit out of the fuel sales.
“It is more a service we provide. There is no other fuel pump for many miles and we keep ours open 24/7 as a service. The Cluanie Inn has no (mains) electricity. It relies on the diesel generator.”
The Cluannie Inn was among those bought by Indian businessman Sanjay Narang after he felt so let down by Highland hospitality he decided to purchase the offending hotels to “show them how it should be done”.
He took the extraordinary step after paying up to £120 a night for dirty rooms, no hot water and microwave meals served by a carpenter during a hiking trip with his sister in April 2018.
By the first week in May, he had decided to buy three hotels – Letterfinlay Lodge in Spean Bridge, The Cluanie Inn at Glenmoriston and Craigard Guest House in Invergarry – at a total cost of almost £3 million.
