Overnight stops at service staions m6/m74 area
Philip Davies
We seem to favour Gretna green area as a stop over.
any one know if one of the service staions in this area allow overnight
stop.
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between junctions 41-42 Moto (Carlisle)
Southwaite 01697 - 473476 (Station Manager)
Information obtained from this site:
http://www.campingcar.co.uk/index.html
there is a link at the bottom of the page. It's self
explanatory.
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Steve Brough
There is a service area just past Gretna but I dont know if there are stop
over facilities.
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Bill Delue
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We always use the CCC site at Moffat (non members welcome)its just
2 miles off the A74/M74 and you can get a cheap campers breakfast
at the Moffit Wool Mill shop next door. Also garage next door for fuel.
I know many don't like to use the club sites but when they are close to
the main routes I find them quiet and clean giving us a good nights rest
before the next hike up to Aberdeen or Inverness
Bill Delue
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R W Reed
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head towards Gretna Green on the right hand side of the B7076
travelling N, only a few hundred yards form the Gretna Outlet Shopping
Centre.
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Jan
Philip - you can stop over at the motorway service area near Gretna -
they have a dedicated area for caravans - costs about £4 for the night
(I think) we stop there whenever we are travelling south.
Jenny and John and Brook the dog
I was in the Abington Service Area M74/A702 last Friday and it is now up to
£5.00 for car and £20.00 for Caravan after 2 Hours stop ( "they are just not
on") I also see that a lot of the Service Area on the M6 and M5 are at it
now,
I start last year to come off the Motorways and go in to CL Site's you will
get a site from about £4.00 to £10.00 if you look for one,
Philip you can stop at Gretna ETC if you like but it is not for me at £25.00
+ for car & caravan if you are in the Caravan Club or the CCC look in your
site book
Hope this is off help to you.
Yours
Jenny John & Brook the Dog
Happy Caravanning to you all.
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> Hi all on the NG,
> I was in the Abington Service Area M74/A702 last Friday and it is now up
to
> £5.00 for car and £20.00 for Caravan after 2 Hours stop ( "they are just
not
> on") I also see that a lot of the Service Area on the M6 and M5 are at it
> now,
> I start last year to come off the Motorways and go in to CL Site's you
will
> get a site from about £4.00 to £10.00 if you look for one,
> Philip you can stop at Gretna ETC if you like but it is not for me at
£25.00
> + for car & caravan if you are in the Caravan Club or the CCC look in your
> site book
> Hope this is off help to you.
> Yours
Jenny John & Brook the Dog
This is very welcome news, I think it gives out the message that they do not
want you to stay more than two hours. Is it the same for Lorries? Anyway who
in their right mind would want to spend the night on a UK service station?
The parking areas, in most cases, are so close to the motorway it would be
difficult to sleep anyway. Then there is the security issue. Surely if you
are on a long journey you can plan to stop at a proper site en route. If you
are driving such long distances, particularly after a days work, surely the
question of individual fitness to drive comes into the frame at some point.
David - Milton Keynes
Steve B
The most we normaly pay is around £4 (our favorite sites are often cheaper)
and we like these sites better than any of the expensive ones.
BUT... here's a novel one.....
We often travel from the midlands to Scotland on the Friday evening arriving
at the border around midnight, passing by Glasgow in the small hours and
arriving at our first night's stop around 2 a.m. This stop is a petrol
station and we park at the pumps and just drop the rear stays and fall on
the bed for some kip. We get up around 7:30, have some breakfast and wait
for the petrol station to open for business and we fill up.
So, we have our first night free, nobody cares that we park there, the owner
gets a sale of 10 gallons the minute he opens and we start our holiday at
8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, amid beautiful scenery, rested, with a full tank
and belly and able to hit anywhere in Scotland later the same day.
Seems good to us!
BTW the petrol station we use is somewhere between Stirling and Callander,
possibly at Doune on the A84? I should imagine that any petrol station owner
who goes home in the evening would welcome a caravan parked at his pumps all
night and filling up first thing in the morning.
Everyone wins!
Steve
Steve B
> We have a 540 mile treck to scotland at end of this month.
Where does this 540 miles take you from and to, exactly? We tour Scotland a
lot and may be able to swap info.
Steve
Jenny and John and Brook the dog
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Jenny John & Brook the Dog
Happy Caravanning to you all.
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Hi Steve that is a good I deer (nice one)
Yours
Jenny John & Brook the Dog
Philip Davies
Scotland.
This is our first visit for must be 30 years.
So we are booked in at Dormer for 16 days before we cross to the Island of
Aran whee I have a photographic meting to attend.
Phil DAvies
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