squall Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) As it says on the title! The missus needs to know EDIT: On the way to Cardiff I forgot to add Edited June 19, 2009 by squall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Keep editing and you might make a sensible question out of your words Squall Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 As it says on the title! The missus needs to know EDIT: On the way to Cardiff I forgot to add If you are coming from north of junc 38 m6 then i would say Tebay services, best in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squall Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Keep editing and you might make a sensible question out of your words Squall Rico If you are coming from north of junc 38 m6 then i would say Tebay services, best in the country. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul84 Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 We are staying in a hotel in Walsall on the Thursday night (To cut down on travelling on the friday), then travelling to newport friday morning where we have a hotel booked for 2 days, Going to the Pairs friday then of course the GP the following day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 If you are coming from north of junc 38 m6 then i would say Tebay services, best in the country. We always stop at the Tebay at Westmorland . Great place . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffster Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) If you are coming from north of junc 38 m6 then i would say Tebay services, best in the country. Good as Tebay is, isnt it a "bit far" from Cardiff ? Edited June 19, 2009 by jeffster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 We always stop at Reading services...but then we are coming from a different part of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb the Snail Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) I always stop at Tamworth services: it's precisely 100 miles from home and has a Ladbrokes too, although I guess I'm not usually on the way to Cardiff. I used to work at Leigh Delamere (M4 J17) when I was a very young Snail. One day a coach of Bristol City fans and a coach of Cardiff City fans both arrived at the same time. I learnt a lot about what it must have been like at Ypres that afternoon. Edited June 19, 2009 by Seb the Snail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornishman Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Exeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Services are generally ghastly places that one never wants to linger for long. It's become even worse since some of them have been turned into shopping centres, and people actively seem to flock to them merely for the shopping 'experience'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Services are generally ghastly places that one never wants to linger for long. It's become even worse since some of them have been turned into shopping centres, and people actively seem to flock to them merely for the shopping 'experience'. Totally agree. Stop for a wee and then off I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornishman Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Why people seem to want to shop at services amd pay twice the price for everything is beyond me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 So, by the replies so far Squall I'd suggest either just do it in 1 go, or rephrase the question a tad Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 People seem to obsessed with Motorway Service holes! Cant stand them personally especially on coach trips ...what is supposed to be a 5 minute splash & Dash turns into a bloody 45 minute wait for smokers and yadder yadder yadder merchants! <yawn> Thank God above were driving ourselves this year ...hour and a bit to Cardiff west then the 'services' can really start in the privacy of your own Hotel Bathroom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul84 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 But you cant beat service stations for cuppa and something to eat, as they are always so well priced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 (edited) Me and James have got it to a fine art on the coach trips now...especially the splash and dash stops. He will go off to the shop to get my cup of tea (and a drink/crisps/magazine for himself) beating the rush of people while I go to the loo. We then meet up outside the toilets and get back to the coach in the minimum time..whilst others are still queueing for the teas and coffees/ newspapers and magazines. Edited June 20, 2009 by crazysue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlisle_comet Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 been to cardiff for a few sports over the past few years and always stop at the last services on the m5 before cutting through down to newport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Keep editing and you might make a sensible question out of your words Squall Rico See you Friday Rico!!!! We always stop at Reading services...but then we are coming from a different part of the country. Yep us to ...... I know when we leave there it's not much further to Cardiff and my weekend begins with a fry up at Reading Services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 See you Friday Rico!!!! Yep us to ...... I know when we leave there it's not much further to Cardiff and my weekend begins with a fry up at Reading Services Yes Bird ! As for using Reading Services, why not come off at Junction 12 (about 1 mile after Reading Services), take the roundabout exit toward Reading A4 and about 400 yards later you'll be at a Sainsburys, which has usual cafe where I'm sure they'll do you a fry-up. Also has a McDonalds. These are all at non-services hyper-inflated prices. Very competitively priced fuel available also. Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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