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Previously on "Might need to re-think the next CUK(western section) meeting location"
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Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostI prefer the setup in the US. Signs that tell you what places are available at each junction and you take your pick. I remember hearing something that the fear was that the services could be the destination if they became too good. Well the certainly succeeded in avoiding that!
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I prefer the setup in the US. Signs that tell you what places are available at each junction and you take your pick. I remember hearing something that the fear was that the services could be the destination if they became too good. Well the certainly succeeded in avoiding that!
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostMy main requirement of a motorway service station: Does it have a toilet I can use without picking up any communicable diseases.
If it does, I'm mostly happy.
If it's also got a grassy area where I can let The Dog (tw) out safely for a wee, even better.
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It doesn't take very long on the French motorway network to realise we have got it very wrong over here.
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Originally posted by BoredBloke View PostFrom the article.....
Overall, 92% of motorway service station customers polled were happy with their visit
Who the hell did they ask. They are tulip, overpriced and dirty. The fact that everything costs a fortune means that motorists don't use them as often as they might or should. This leads to tired drivers staying on the motorway, when they should stop and have a brew.
Tebay, as mentioned is ok but that's the only one I'd bother with.
If it does, I'm mostly happy.
If it's also got a grassy area where I can let The Dog (tw) out safely for a wee, even better.
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From the article.....
Overall, 92% of motorway service station customers polled were happy with their visit
Who the hell did they ask. They are tulip, overpriced and dirty. The fact that everything costs a fortune means that motorists don't use them as often as they might or should. This leads to tired drivers staying on the motorway, when they should stop and have a brew.
Tebay, as mentioned is ok but that's the only one I'd bother with.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostOh she started you on servicing the economy clients!
Her prestigious ones i.e. those with letters after their name not a list of convictions like to use travelodges. Apparently MF was quite a popular supplier until the hotels banned him because he broke the beds.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostJeepers, I didn't realise her clients could afford to use service stations. Thought petrol stations and round the back of Tesco was more their thing.
Her prestigious ones i.e. those with letters after their name not a list of convictions like to use travelodges. Apparently MF was quite a popular supplier until the hotels banned him because he broke the beds.
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Originally posted by vetran View Postooh a connoisseur
So Scooter for fleapit hotels & you for services. You been subbing for NLyUK again?
Originally posted by PhiltheGreek View PostIs Tebay the Farmers one? That's very good - rivals the standard French fayre. All the rest should be demolished and replaced with a vending machine. Ghastly holes that they are.
There's a new one on the M5 that's opened in the last couple of years at Gloucester but I haven't used it yet. Looks like another farm shop one but I'm usually trying to get past Bristol before rush hour so push on to Sedgemoor.
https://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Gloucester
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It was all those CUK meet ups (who will bring the marital arts equipment?) that put it into 5th worst place...
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Is Tebay the Farmers one? That's very good - rivals the standard French fayre. All the rest should be demolished and replaced with a vending machine. Ghastly holes that they are.
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Hilton Park's nothing special. Tebay and Killington Lake are much better.
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