Motorway services in Wales

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chaversdad:

bald bloke:
Actually didn’t the motorway end by Port Talbot ?

I thought it still did, i havent been to South Wales for quite a while

Still full of welsh people :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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blue estate:

chaversdad:

bald bloke:
Actually didn’t the motorway end by Port Talbot ?

I thought it still did, i havent been to South Wales for quite a while

Still full of welsh people :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

There are a few other nationalities here now including some English people I hear.

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steviespain:
Last Easter, went from London to a village in South Wales, not far up from the bridge.
Took 9 hours :open_mouth:

I used to have a car just like that. :smiley:

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dieseldave:

steviespain:
Last Easter, went from London to a village in South Wales, not far up from the bridge.
Took 9 hours :open_mouth:

I used to have a car just like that. :smiley:

snicker

To be fair it was the Friday of Easter, traffic was a bit on the busy side, and we did take a few detours for wine, beer, coffee, etc.
Still took us 6 hours on the way back. wine, beer, coffee etc :slight_smile:

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waddy640:
Doesn’t the M25 have a similar set up.

Clacket Lane is a lay-by service station (so, one each way). Cobham has a dedicated junction; the others (Thurrock and South Mimms) are off at junctions.

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bald bloke:

Harry Monk:
My guess would be that when they were built there wasn’t enough traffic to justify having a service area on each side of the motorway.

Could be right there Harry I remember when it was 2 lanes all the way from Aust to Pont Abraham.
Actually didn’t the motorway end by Port Talbot ?

There was a gap in it there; there was another bit of the M4 that ran on to Pont Abraham where the motorway ends now and the bit of dual carriageway in between was the A48. I think they plugged the gap in the mid 90s.

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IndigoJo:

bald bloke:

Harry Monk:
My guess would be that when they were built there wasn’t enough traffic to justify having a service area on each side of the motorway.

Could be right there Harry I remember when it was 2 lanes all the way from Aust to Pont Abraham.
Actually didn’t the motorway end by Port Talbot ?

There was a gap in it there; there was another bit of the M4 that ran on to Pont Abraham where the motorway ends now and the bit of dual carriageway in between was the A48. I think they plugged the gap in the mid 90s.

Yeah thinking about it now there was a gap well remembered .

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All the official paperwork is in two languages rather than ask your preference and save millions of pounds in waste paper.
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Many years ago I had a fixed penalty ticked from South Wales. When I opened the envelope every thing was in Welsh. I thought " what the hell am I supposed to do with this?". Then, SWMBO pointed out the English translation behind.
Now, I can understand the Welsh preoccupation with promoting their language but, why send a form in Welsh to an English address?