Watford Gap Services.

[melv16]

The above must be the worst in the country!

[Cloverjo]

melv16 hasn't come back to tell us what happened in Watford Gap.

[sunny-dave]

Watford Gap, Watford Gap,
Plate of grease and a load of ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGPE_BBr9A

[Jackdaw33]

Funny, that.

[sunny-dave]

Just about a mile from where the motorways all merge
You can view the national edifice, a monumental splurge
It's the lonesome traveler's rotgut or bacteria's revenge
The great plastic spectacular descendant of Stonehenge
And the people come to worship on their death-defying wheels
Fancy-dressed as shovels for their death-defying meals

It's the Watford Gap, Watford Gap
A plate of grease and a load of crap

At one a.m. on Sunday you can hear the boys declare
That the other team were fairies and the ref was Fred Astaire
It's Chopper Ronnie's fan club on their weekly pilgrimage
To stick the hero's boot in all the way from Stamford Bridge
And without a solid concrete-burger no night is complete
Plastic cups of used bathwater wash away defeat

It's the Watford Gap, Watford Gap
A plate of grease and a load of crap

The traffic jam is rattling like a five-mile cornered snake
With fuming pieces falling off and steaming in its wake
The city's like a goolie in a groupie's stagnant womb
Spaghetti Junction's target in the vinegar strokes of doom
The countryside is ravaged like a syphilitic ***
Yodeling up the canyon is the dirty old Blue Boar

It's the Watford Gap, Watford Gap
A plate of grease and a load of crap


[ Blue Boar threatened to sue Roy Harper ... ]

[Jackdaw33]

Thanks for the lyrics; I couldn't follow them on the clip. Worked out what the asterisks mean.

[mikey4444]

Tony...I echo your comments about Gordano !

[jackthehat]

Spent many a happy early Sunday morning at WG eating a full English after having left a nightclub after an evening 'throwing shapes.'

They also should have known better than to leave the morning papers unattended after delivery.....:o)

[TWR]

I would advise any member going on a long trip that use Motorways, make sure you fill up to the brim otherwise to will pay a higher price than normal, check your car before the journey ( a lot don't ) take a couple of flasks & some sarnies with you unless you are made of money & don't mind getting ripped off, a lot of Motorways are not that far off the old roads & good cafe's & can be reached by coming of the motorways, I use the motorway often but only use the services for a toilet stop, never for food etc.

[EDDIE51]

Originally Toilets were the main reason Motorway service areas were built. (you can't stop at the side of a Motorway for a pee.)Food was secondary.
Watford Gap only offered Toilets and Fuel at first. There were sweets ,crisps, drinks etc in the petrol station as there are in most petrol stations, but full catering came a year or so later.