Try these alternative motorway pitstops if you’re trying to liven up your travels this year
As much as we love a good road trip, driving on the motorway almost inevitably means stopping to refuel or recharge at another gloomy service station.
And listen – we love a good service station. But when a service station is bad, it’s really bad. And heading off on a summer jolly can mean trekking across new grounds where you don’t know if the next services is a good ‘un, or you should cross your legs until the one after.
While many of the UK’s motorway pit stops are less than favourable, there are plenty of alternative stops including nature reserves, farm shops, grand stately homes and even castles!
If you’re prepared to take a short – but excellent and also good fun – detour from the endless stretch of tarmac that is the motorway, you’ll discover some of these remarkable substitutes to the usual British service station.
Here are twelve of our favourite alternative motorway stops!