Roadside Caffs

[neil_cardiff]

After Memory Loss special last night, I had to drive home from somerset, erm, shall we say, slightly, ahem, groggy, this morning. To combat my tiredness and complete lack of brain and body responsiveness, I knew of a fine Roadside Caff, just up by the motorway roundabout in Taunton, which has been there for years.

A fine coffee and Bacon and Egg bap later, I was back to life and on my merry way.

Does anyone else have favourite caffs, and if so, would it be a good idea to share the knowledge so we can plan our drives?




>>> Edited by neil_cardiff on Wednesday 2nd April 09:51

[incorrigible]

Four cross service station, on the A5 (just off the M6 IIRC) affectionately known as "Greasy Lill's"

Used to stop there on the way to north wales lovely

[Podie]

Little van in a layby near Dunton (Ford offices), just off the A127.

You get a bagette with bacon, sausage, eggs, mushroom, black pudding if you want it, tomato... virtually anything breakfast in a large bagette... and a brew for about £3.

Word of warning... avoid 10:00-10:30... there's a truck driver who stops there every day about that time... and jeez...

[plotloss]

The Friendly (behind the Printers Devil, Slough)
Lena and Lous, Sands End, Fulham (absolutely beautiful italian girls, I can highly recommend their Monster breakfast)
Joes/Jocks in Colnbrook. Not sure if its still there though.
The 24hr Cafe, Brighton - Top notch.

Thats all for the moment...

Matt.

[Podie]

spot the pie eaters!

[manek]

Banners in Crouch End.

[yertis]

Hillside Cafe on the A36, between Warminster and Salisbury. Usually full of truckers and serves a fine fry-up.

[pdv6]

yertis said: Hillside Cafe on the A36, between Warminster and Salisbury. Usually full of truckers and serves a fine fry-up.

Top place!

[mechsympathy]

incorrigible said: Four cross service station, on the A5 (just off the M6 IIRC) affectionately known as "Greasy Lill's"

Used to stop there on the way to north wales lovely

Was trying to remember where that was. Top greasy spoon.

[CarZee]

There used to be a quality one just on the A50 at the M6/M56 interchange.. marvellous

[JMGS4]

Years ago there used to be a great greasy spoon under the flyover at the Cumberland Basin, Bristol.... used to get a double egg sarny for the price of a single egg one!! Always used before/after using the Portway as a testtrack, on a bike (Norton SS, Black Shadow HRD)!!!!! none of yer jappy whiny buzz boxes, yer knows.....

[pdv6]

JMGS4, its just a quick tab up the hill to the York Cafe if you want a quality fry up before a blast on the Portway! (except that there's revenue generators installed there now... )

>> Edited by pdv6 on Wednesday 2nd April 11:01

[JMGS4]

pdv6 said: JMGS4, its just a quick tab up the hill to the York Cafe if you want a quality fry up before a blast on the Portway! (except that there's revenue generators installed there now... )

>> Edited by pdv6 on Wednesday 2nd April 11:01

Up which hill? everywheres up from the Basin!! as I'm going back to Brissl for a weekend for the first time in almost 30 years!!!

[mechsympathy]

JMGS4 said:

pdv6 said: JMGS4, its just a quick tab up the hill to the York Cafe if you want a quality fry up before a blast on the Portway! (except that there's revenue generators installed there now... )

>> Edited by pdv6 on Wednesday 2nd April 11:01

Up which hill? everywheres up from the Basin!! as I'm going back to Brissl for a weekend for the first time in almost 30 years!!!

There's also a newish cafe upstairs in Fowlers (Bike dealer) which is pretty good. Service with a grimace tho.

[pdv6]

Up which hill? everywheres up from the Basin!! as I'm going back to Brissl for a weekend for the first time in almost 30 years!!!

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Its here

{edited to add:} Near the Lansdown pub, if you know it.

>> Edited by pdv6 on Wednesday 2nd April 11:20

[mechsympathy]

Full of students at the weekend.

Tis good tho.

[JMGS4]

pdv6 said: Up which hill? everywheres up from the Basin!! as I'm going back to Brissl for a weekend for the first time in almost 30 years!!!

Its here

{edited to add:} Near the Lansdown pub, if you know it.

>> Edited by pdv6 on Wednesday 2nd April 11:20

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Can't remember the lansdown, used to drink in Crockers just off Whiteladies near the station, upstairs used to be gentlemen only (NO, not that way!)

Fowlers the bike shop? used to be in Shirehampton village?? If its them then they were a bunch of crooks. Don't know however if they're the same ones tho'.......
PS I'll give you a mail when I'm going, I'll be staying where the woodyard used to be on the Basin, apparently new (20yo?) houses there! Rownham Mede or summat loike thaat.....

[pdv6]

Crockers is long gone. Its been an Irish pub for quite a while, but somebody mentioned to me the other day that it might have changed hands again.

[mechsympathy]

JMGS4 said:

Fowlers the bike shop? used to be in Shirehampton village?? If its them then they were a bunch of crooks. Don't know however if they're the same ones tho'.......

The same. IIRC they downsized recently - sold off a load of shops.?due to some poor publicity. They're now on the A4/inner ring road near the station, in a shiny refurbished shop. Bloody useless tho, didn't ring me back re a speed triple I was looking at.

[jmorgan]

Goat House off jcn 22 M5
Lazy trout A49 before Shrewsbury north bound.
Layby before Libanus A470, best breaky bap in the world.
Variuos caff's up the vally's that do an all day vein clogger
And many more....