Motorway Services

I will only use Motorway Service Stations between about 10pm and 9am, when little else is available. I have found, with the sole exception of Marks & Spencers, that everything is a ridiculous price and the service so impersonal. Rather than use motorway services, I prefer to spend a few mins planning my stops. I google 'eat just off the motorway' and then select my stops from a huge list of possibilities, none further than about 5 miles from the motorway exits, most just a mile away. When travelling with children, for example, in addition to places with good food, I will be looking for children's menus and play areas; outdoor ones in summer. To save time, some ...

As someone who travels the roads of Britain regularly I have visited a lot of service stations all over England. The one thing that I find annoying about service stations are the prices that they get away with charging. In a lot of the service stations now you have take away outlets such as Burger King, Wimpey and KFC, however they all charge higher prices than you would pay on the high street. Unfortunatly when you are on a long journey you are prepared to pay the prices, however I am not sure how they get away with inflated the prices so much. Also popping up at a lot of Service stations now are coffee outlets such as Costa Coffee, these make a welcome stop if you just ...

As a regular traveller, motorway services can be a haven on any long journey. The advantages are plain to see. Parking is free, toilets are free, you can stretch your legs and grab something to eat and drink. Nowadays, you can also test your skills in the amusement arcade, buy an ice-scraper from Halfords or sit in the ubiquitous "massage chair" which has cropped up in every services around the UK. Forget the fact that you have to drive around a labyrinth of roads before you find the car park. The services themselves are generally clean and tidy with an efficient staff of cleaners - not least in the toilets which are inspected and washed at all hours ...