Sadly my van is no longer close to you now. Calor propane is like rocking horse locally.The deposit system is causing the problem I think.
The idea of the deposit is to give you an incentive to look after and return the bottle.
If its loads of agro or hassle to return it or they won't actually give you any money back a lot of people would rather give them to somebody to make a bbq out of rather than return them purely out of spite over the deposit they have lost.
I have £175 in propane deposits that I can't reclaim.
I would be happy to give the bottles foc to anybody on here that needed/wanted one for whatever reason as I would see that as something useful and nice to do.
There is no way in hell I will give them back to the rightful owner foc though as that just feels like I've lost the £175 for nothing.