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My favourite service station and motorway
I've been to every service station and have just heard the legend Tikey say write in on your fav service.
I normaly leave up A21 pop into Clacket Lane and play the fruits take a few hundred then chip the M3 and the M4 off but take the M40 up to Oxford Services and play the fruits, i'll continue up the M40 and take the M6 around Birmingham and pop into Frankley services but this is a horrible service as you can't get over the other side. Hilton is quite fresh in the morning and if you carry up the M6 you'll come to a truckers service station were i normally pop off to get my haircut and go for a toilet, the ladies are a laugh in there and do a nice bacon roll at good prices. I'll turn up the M62 and get some sleep at Hartshead Moor and do both sides for doors in the morning which is a nice little raise on the £500's. I come back down the M1 I like the bridge crossing over at Toddington services especially in high winds, they normally shut the gates but its easy to jump over at night, both sides have profitable fruit machines but are normally burnt. Can make a few grand on a 48 hour run up there and my biggest journey would be to Exeter from Brighton up to Carlisle and back to Brighton without any sleep.
My favs definatly
Heartshead Moor
Leicester Forres for the food canteen and the nice tunnel at night were you can watch over the motorway in the rain
Oxford Services
Also, my favouirte road is the M40 from Oxford Services to M25 South Turn off, basically this road is like pure sex, after a good wash down and sleep at Oxford step into the car and its the perfect journey especially at night time, the road is so wide and smooth and the bends and curves make it perfect to drive in, only at night I recommend especially in the rain
I normaly leave up A21 pop into Clacket Lane and play the fruits take a few hundred then chip the M3 and the M4 off but take the M40 up to Oxford Services and play the fruits, i'll continue up the M40 and take the M6 around Birmingham and pop into Frankley services but this is a horrible service as you can't get over the other side. Hilton is quite fresh in the morning and if you carry up the M6 you'll come to a truckers service station were i normally pop off to get my haircut and go for a toilet, the ladies are a laugh in there and do a nice bacon roll at good prices. I'll turn up the M62 and get some sleep at Hartshead Moor and do both sides for doors in the morning which is a nice little raise on the £500's. I come back down the M1 I like the bridge crossing over at Toddington services especially in high winds, they normally shut the gates but its easy to jump over at night, both sides have profitable fruit machines but are normally burnt. Can make a few grand on a 48 hour run up there and my biggest journey would be to Exeter from Brighton up to Carlisle and back to Brighton without any sleep.
My favs definatly
Heartshead Moor
Leicester Forres for the food canteen and the nice tunnel at night were you can watch over the motorway in the rain
Oxford Services
Also, my favouirte road is the M40 from Oxford Services to M25 South Turn off, basically this road is like pure sex, after a good wash down and sleep at Oxford step into the car and its the perfect journey especially at night time, the road is so wide and smooth and the bends and curves make it perfect to drive in, only at night I recommend especially in the rain
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My favourite motorway has to be either the M6 toll or the M69 for the fact that you really can do whatever speed you like, although the M6 up in Cumbria before you get to Penrith is beautiful where it goes through the mountains.
As for services, Watford Gap is awful, absolutely awful, and the favourite, well I haven't really got one, Knutsford is decent enough, haven't stopped at Oxford but I hear that it is the best.
Oxford Services is always a nice service station, very friendly staff and very clean and Watford Gap Services is just truly dire.
I must admit it's very expensive and more of a small little cottage with loads of tranquil ornaments rather than a massive metallic manufactured infastructure.
I SO love this thread!
And for real geeks, take a gander at this beaut of a Website.....
http://www.ukmotorwayarchive.org/page1.htm
Then I used to look round the restaurant for a breakfast reciept lying around that I could claim back from work. With extras those brekkies can be near on a tenner, what a rip off.
Why the hell is this thread still in general section btw
i drive for a living so ive been in most services in the south and am quite sad that i could name most of them!!!
the best one ive been to is leicster forest.
It's quite a pretty Motorway, through gorgeous Leicestershire & Warwickshire undulating countryside, though technically, it is pretty basic, & very short, it's outstanding feature being the interchange with the M6. Traffic flows are very low, & it rarely experiences traffic jams.
You can read more fascinating drivel about the M69 here....
http://www.ukmotorwayarchive.org/page1.htm
Well it has to be the M20 of course, a quick easy route from mid-kent to Costa Del Folkestone
As for favourite Service Station? Well, none of them, they all have overpriced stuff and stink of wee
Bomb the M42 I say.
With massive bombs.
Have you been to Beconsfield service station? it's new near Oxford, its just a big spacious thing and i dread to think how much it cost to build that dome like structure, beware when ordering from the Burger King it took me about 25 minutes and several different languages and dialects to get my order in the end i told him to shove it.
Have you been to Donnington Park on the M1 Tikay? I totally forgot about this service station and is up ther with my favourites, the travel lodge is build around the service station and theres computers you can use for Skypoker after a nice sleep, Marks and Spencers bio-yogurt and orange juice in the morning, I did get told of for wearing my dressing gown and slippers around the arcade at 8 am in the morning.
Donington Services, yes, they are very close to my home, it's J24/23a of the M1, & I live just near J25.
My issue with both of them is identical - they are not, in my opinion, "true" Motorway Service Stations, as neither is actually ON the Motorway, & involve a bit of off-Motorway messing around to gain access.
But yes, both pretty decent, that apart.
I'm currently "off" junk food, as I'm on a rather brutal diet, so the presence of an M & S or Waitrose, where I can buy fresh fruit, is a must.
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tikay you should talk about this on the club im sure your co host will love it!!!!