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heya

yeah, no i do not have all that much to write about momentarily, i guess. hence me composing some stuff about a motorway service station, look you see. 

recently, as in the last few months (i think) i once again had reason to stop off at donington service station on my travels. this was undoubtedly to go spend a penny (which is a polite way of saying i was probably bursting for a p!ss), or maybe required a coffee. so of course i took some further pictures. 

erratic, impromptu regular readers of this blog (and thank you for doing so) will of course appreciate that donington picked up the prestigious "best service station of the year" awards in 2021. this was of course awarded to them by me (moi), right here on my blog. an award is an award, and they should be proud of it. that said, they have not updated their official site with a note saying they won this particular award. maybe who does the web for them is busy. 

what's the appeal of this service station? mostly, of course, it's Bad News, but for wider context, how close it is to where Monsters of Rock was held at Castle Donington. indeed i do like to imagine, as i wander around the place (briefly, and in the allotted break time, should anyone off of my verk be reading) (doubt it), the great names of metal doing the same. perhaps Lemmy wandered around here, allowing his legion of acolytes to gaze upon him and give him gifts. or even an Izzy Stradlin, hoping to be recognised by at least one person. especially if he wore a massive "Izzy out of Guns N Roses" badge. 

the obligatory selfie, of course. no, i very much doubt any of the metal stars who played donington stayed at the hotel here, but you never know. and no, i very much doubt i shall check in any time soon. but still, it's nice to go and have a look, and wonder. and use the facilities. 

anyway, no promises, but certainly i shall consider thinking of writing something of interest here next time. not that this is all that bad, i suppose. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!