"Ian Henden" wrote in message ...
"Steve Firth" wrote in message
.. .
Paul Terry wrote:

(Wasn't it John Major who thought that the answer to all transport
problems was a Cones Hotline and many more Motorway Service Stations,
doubtless with his much-loved caffs selling delicious peas?)

Dunno, but Meon services on the M27 amuses me. I wonder if anyone apart
from me knows where to look?

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Every so often you hear something about them starting to build Meon
Services, I think Texaco were the last name I heard involved..

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:53:31 +0100, (Steve
Firth) wrote:

Mark Hewitt wrote:

Some of the rules I've seen suggest that services should not be accessible
from outside the motorway, however I can think of numerous examples where
this is not the case.

Knutsford services on the M6 used to be a good example. It was the best
place to get on and off the motorway for anyone living in that region of
Cheshire. Now it has token operated barriers to stop unauthorised
drivers from leaving the premises via the back door.

Just an idle thought you understand, and not that I would dream of
ever taking advantage, but is there anywhere on the web that publishes
the numeric codes for these barriers?

Rgds

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Richard Buttrey
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:53:04 +0100, David J Rainey
wrote:

In article , usenet-
says...
And even stranger, why do all of them
claim to be Portugese or Italian but are unable to speak the language of
either country?

"Hello to you, Sir, my name is Guisseppe and I am agent for Armani and I
am here for big exhibition. I have some suits left over from the show
and I need to sell them quickly before my flight back to Turin tonight"

Those sort of guys?

Rgds

David


Ah, so you've met Guisseppe too?

My, he does get around a lot.

Rgds
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Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:53:31 +0100, (Steve
Firth) wrote:

However it was held to be more important to bulldoze a bit of forest and
build an expensive monstrosity. The excuse given was that it woudl
create local jobs. I never knew that so many Albanians and Romanians
lived in Winchester - there must have been hundreds of them just waiting
for the service station to open. And even stranger, why do all of them
claim to be Portugese or Italian but are unable to speak the language of
either country?


Don't know about Winchester, but Watford Gap seems to have a fair
share of Spanish / Portugese assistants in the shop. Do Road Chef have
some sort of Youth employment programme / arrangement in place?

They're always seem extremely helpful and polite - (and that's not
meant to be some sort of patronising comment).

Rgds

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Richard Buttrey
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
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In message , Steve Firth
writes
Some of the rules I've seen suggest that services should not be accessible
from outside the motorway, however I can think of numerous examples where
this is not the case.

Knutsford services on the M6 used to be a good example. It was the best
place to get on and off the motorway for anyone living in that region of
Cheshire. Now it has token operated barriers to stop unauthorised
drivers from leaving the premises via the back door.

The M3 services are even worse - locals were promised that they could
use it as a motorway access (the nearest junction's a long way away) and
then later they restricted it.
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Roland Perry

In message m, Roland
Perry writes

The M3 services are even worse - locals were promised that they could
use it as a motorway access (the nearest junction's a long way away)
and then later they restricted it.

Is this why the oddly-numbered Junction 4A was eventually opened just a
couple of miles away from Fleet?

--
Paul Terry

John Rowland wrote:
"Neil Williams" wrote...

Most do not allow access by normal drivers from
outside the motorway, but one presumes that
access must be available for staff in case any
live locally and wish to walk or cycle to work.
In most cases, such access seems to be available,
but is marked with a no-entry sign.

In the case of Clacket Lane clockwise services, anyone is allowed to access
via the local road (which not surprisigly is called Clacket Lane) so long as
they are booked into the hotel in the service station.

How does they manage that? The map shows the access road crossing
Clacket Lane on the level. Is the map wrong?

I don't know if
similar rules apply for the hotel at Scratchwood or any other services.

I've seen something similar somewhere on the M1 (Newport Pagnell, IIRC)
where the hotel was beyond the barrier, and they had to book in at the
service station in order to get through... except that the barrier
didn't actually work, so anyone could get through.