Watford Gap... 67 miles from Watford (Why) Opened 1959

[Mr_J]

daqinggregg said:

Apparently, there is a Waddington in Lincolnshire.

My initial reaction was there's TWO Waddington's?

I grew up in Waddington, Lincolnshire. The family home is still there, in the shadows of RAF Waddington. We visited the family last week and were treated to the Reds training above the base.

[Riley Blue]

Sixpackpert said:

VanDriver99 said:

This looks very nice...a lot of grass roofs going on ??



https://gloucesterservices.com/

We like things to not stand out round our way, hence the grass roofs. They also help to insulate etc etc.

Same company as Teebay Services. All locally sourced food, some locals have been known to go there for Sunday lunch!

Both overcrowded with pensioners dithering about agreeing everything is 'nice but pricey'. We made the mistake of staying overnight once at Tebay, went to dinner at 8:15 so not exactly late-late but there was hardly any choice and it was pretty awful. Never again.

[Sausage roll]

My son went to university in Nottingham and to come home during his first term he caught the National Express coach from Nottingham to Milton Keynes bus station for me to pick him up there.

I was waiting at MK coach station when he called me and said he was a bit worried as they had just gone past Watford! So I asked him if he had got on the wrong coach and was he now heading into London but he didn’t know. So I told him to get off the coach at the next place it stopped and I would go and pick him up there. So I sat at the coach station waiting to hear from him and head off south down the M1 to pick him up somewhere when a coach pulled in and he got off it. He had of course initially called me when they had just passed Watford Gap

[VanDriver99]

I know the prices of the goods are eye-watering ...but where would we be without them??


The Toilets in particular have saved me on a number of occasions.Did you know you can get a shower in a Service Station ??

[omniflow]

There is one on the M4, I think it's Leigh Delamare, which is notable for two reasons. However, only one reason will be relevant on any one trip.

It has reasonably priced fuel, only a couple of pence a litre more than non-motorway prices, not 20p a litre like most.

There is a plethora of electric charging points, most of which are working. Pricing on these is less than favourable, but they are at least available and working.

[VanDriver99]

As I drive on the Motorways for 8 hours a day


I would still use the Toilets If I had to pay for them lol'''


There is a lack of Public Conveniences anymore

[Pica-Pica]

Eric Mc said:

Why is it 67 miles from Watford?

There is a Watford village nearby. So it is actually just a mile or so from Watford.

[Pentino191]

VanDriver99 said:

There is a lack of Public Conveniences anymore

I tought I was the one freaking out because I could swear there were more convenient placed conveniences all over the road...