someday soon they're going to pull the old town down

ow do

news has reached me of something of a change in dynamic to what has, rather surprisingly, become a fairly routine matter for me. soon it shall be so, look you see, that i will not be able to avail myself of the various facilities offered by Watford Gap Services, for there is an intention to demolish it. oh. 

i first learned of this off of Dad. he sent me a message about it. well versed is he in my travels across these lands (or around), and he knows my preferred stop off points. curious i read up, and yes, it is indeed to be demolished for a new development. not that i doubted what i had been told, of course, but to learn more. 

maybe (perhaps) the reason for demolition is quite fitting. rather famously this service station was the first such of its kind to be opened on a motorway. with a glance to the future, if that future is not now, they appear to have taken the decision to turn the whole thing into a place where them what have electric vehicles can pull in and charge up. well, i assume that is the plan. it certainly sounded like it from what i kind of vaguely read. making the first motorway service station dedicated to purely vehicles what run off of electricity make sense. 

whereas it is no Castle Donington services, it certainly holds a place in rock mythology and folklore. this was, once upon a time, the service station where Jimi Hendrix met The Beatles. or vice versa. so far as i am aware it was a by chance meeting, but if they planned it, good for them. 

above should be some (relatively) normal video for you, if you are interested. since i had every reason to stop there on my travels, i thought it would be nice to send Dad some video of the place, on the off chance i didn't go again before it was no more. 

just what do i like about this service station? it has all one could need. bathrooms would be a priority, although not for the sort of thing what my mate Spiros does in them. also coffee is available there, and there's a decent smoking area (sorry) too. mostly the location, i guess, as it seems pretty handy for when i need to address a call of nature on the road, and feel it is time to give my lungs a bit of a reminder of the harsh reality of life. 

for the sake of completeness, except where i am missing something in the format of the greater good and glory of Commodore 64 mode, yes, that's some VHS camcorder footage, too. with a fancy title on display, so you can be reminded of where it is. 

exactly what is my plan for when Watford Gap Services closes? well, i suspect they shall have all the facilities i need except fuel, so perhaps i shall stop off anyway. for the bits when it is closed, or if you are not allowed in when you have a non-electric one, i dare say i shall just stop off at the one before it, likely the one after too. still, it has been a nice enough spot to stop at. 

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