"Delicious alternatives to Motorway Services".

[TIJ650]

My sister kindly bought me this book and while they obviously have the potential to be out of date before they're printed it might prove useful to some.
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……….or you could just avoid motorways
Was chatting a couple guys recently about going to Hull from Edinburgh. Not one of them had ever taken A697 through Coldstream from Lauder (on A68) and then A19 to Whitby etc. Much better route (for me anyway)

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

Time dependant. Obvs..

 

[er-minio]

Exactly. If you have to cover a few thousands km in a fed days, cutting on motorways in some sections is a necessary evil.
Hence this thread.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

I also ate here on my way back from the Chunnel.

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Folies of Stansted.
It's a tiny place about 10 minutes from the M11 that serves just paninis, a choice of 5, and home made cakes. There's limited seating much of it outside and it's all a bit quirky. But it was very nice.

Picture of the sausage, cheese and onion panini and the seating area so you get an idea of what it's like.

 

[Monsieur]

Was at a local stately home the other day and came across this in their little book shop.
A handy guide to good eateries within a few miles of motorway junctions.
Good reviews on Amazon.

 

[Monsieur]

Just found this
https://theextramile.guide/

 

[EPG_19]

Quite the opposite in my experience. Some , not all, of the autoroute services are fabulous . Puts the shite available in the uk to shame.
Anyway , surely most tossers stop at Greggs to stock up before hitting motorways /autoroutes .
Some on here even self cater on a 24/36 hour ferry to Spain rather than fork out £15 for a nice meal on the ferry , despite paying £500 for a cabin and no doubt having a £23k Wankpanzer asleep in the hold . Some weird logic in use ….

They could use the lounge but it's full of self entitled campervan cvnts

 

[EPG_19]

Picture of the sausage, cheese and onion panini and the seating area so you get an idea of what it's like.

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One of our amazing catering establishments that is not suited to the British weather.