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Not a rant or complaint but just wanted to tell travelling mums how good the baby facilities are here (On the M4). A complete feeding station with mircowave, bottle warmer, plastics pots and spoons and a notice saying to ask for water. In the changing area there are free wipes etc and proper changing mats and chairs for bf. Was also offered help about five times as I carried my coffee and car seat to a table. In the light of my previous post about the UNhelpfulness of National Express trains (of their recent demise on the East Coast line I shall say nothing!)I just wanted to report what a contrast MOTO services are and suggest that the Health and Safety reasons given for not helping / providing amenties must surely be bogus?

sorry was this as boring as it started or did it end up interesting or good?

Teehee

Exeter services are good ...

teeth itching emoticon

once had a nice cuppa tea on the m8 at harthill

Ronaldhinhio Don't be mean!

I like Leigh Delamare Services too

bugger all that, they have an M&S Simply Food so you can get somethign edible for YOU never mind the baby

(sorry for caps instead of italics, am abroad and there is no circumflex on the kbd)

I like Telford services.

Now I like Leigh Delamere and use it regularly when I drive to Devon, but my favourite is Tebay Services, near the Lake District on the M6!!

Homemade pies, fresh coffee, it's award winning you know

Ronaldinhio, I take it you've not done much unaccompanied travelling with a baby and had to use motorway services.
I still stop off at this place whenever I'm heading west, even though my two are 15 and 18. It was the fact someone carried my tray whilst I was trying to carry it and wheel the buggy simultaneously that almost made me weep with gratitude.

darling
i've travelled extensively worldwide and I find that the problems that you encounter, especially with child travel, are often, upon examination, to do with mental expectation levels
they aren't made from spun sugar

When I stop at service stations I just hope that no one has peed on the floor. Anything else is a bonus.

alos goblin are you saying you need this alth9ough your children are fully functioning adults almost???

ck...rrrriiiist

No you twerp, nor do mine still need buggies.

I was merely saying that that particular service station is linked to a memory of past kindnesses that made my life a little easier for a moment. So was agreeing with trixie in her recommendation.
Was there today in fact, taking daughter to an open day at a uni. Good hot chocolate, she paid.

Oh another vote for Tebay!!!!

,seeker ignores all sarcasm and irony and goes for the service station with the barbecue and the fab shops that is on the way to Scotland!

Tebay (Westmorland) services rock - we used to go there just for tea and cake

They even have their own website...

http://www.westmorland.com/tebay

We love Leigh Delamere services too which is handy as it's also half way between home and old friends in London - in fact, we mostly only stop at Moto services!!

M&S Simply Food for the win yum