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TRADITIONAL TR UCKSTOPS
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Kevin Swallow from our operations team used to drive for a living so he's spent plenty of time at MSAs and tnidtstops. He visited a traditional truckstop to compare it with what's on offer on the motorway.
Westmoreland Services: Judging by the number of spaces available not too many trucks stop here. It's £10 overnight including a £6 meal voucher or £7 without. The site seems to be aimed more at tourists than truckers judging by the array of facilities there's access to a campsite from the services, a farm shop, a traditional motorway retailer that passes for a supermarket and the Come Hy With Me cafe. The restaurant is subtly lit with far too many options: patisserie, salad and fruit bar, thick wedge sandwiches, traditional hot meals with vegetables and, of course, the busiest section -the fried food bit.
The £6 meal voucher will probably get you three-quarters of your meal with a drink. Top of the food chain is the 10-item breakfast at £7.99.
The best part is the view when you settle down to eat; a concrete pond and unrestricted vistas towards Grange Scar and its many sheep (if it's cloudy then it's just the concrete pond). Apart from the meal voucher and pleasant views there are two showers in the gents.
J38 %chip: Less than a mile away from Westmoreland Services, it's bigger and cheaper. There's a fuel bunker run by M6 Diesel which also controls the parking (£5 a night with a £1.50 meal voucher or £3.50 without). You'll get a £1 meal voucher if you fill up with more than 200 litres of diesel or £1.50 if you buy more than 400 litres. If you don't have time to take advantage of the meal offer you can opt for a free cup of coffee.
The café on the site is run by Westmoreland and offers a straightforward no-frills menu: an eight-item breakfast costs £.5.70. The rest of the menu is meat and potato in various guises, with a couple of rice dishes.
There are showers and a bar in the evenings. Westmoreland Services has better views and is more comfortable but J38 delivers the service drivers want: cheap, cheerful and plenty of it.
We performed the acid test of a bacon sandwich, two hash browns and a cup of coffee to see how they compared.