Lincolnshire voters fear £6 gallon
It's exactly 50 years since Tom Morley took over one of the main filling stations in the Lincolnshire village of Woodhall Spa.
Tom, who is now 92, reckons that on his first opening day in 1960 he sold a gallon of petrol for the new money equivalent of twelve and a half pence.
Morley's Service Station is now run by Tom's son Stephen and today the garage was selling unleaded petrol for just under £1.22 a litre.
Motorists in rural Lincolnshire have traditionally paid more for their petrol than drivers in other areas, but the cost of filling the tank is eating further into many household budgets in a county which traditionally suffers from a low wage economy.
The high price of fuel is one of the main concerns expressed by voters on the streets of Louth and Horncastle - the constituency where veteran Conservative Sir Peter Tapsell is hoping to become the longest serving MP at Westminster.
Many drivers here believe it is only a matter of time before they are forced to pay £1.31 for a litre of unleaded - which equates to the dreaded £6 gallon.
I'm Tim Iredale, the BBC's Political Editor in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and presenter of the regional Politics Show. This is strictly a "no-spin" zone where the political viewpoint is more Humber Bridge than Westminster Bridge. Your comments and observations are more than welcome. 
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