whitevanwoman
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I can't speak for them all but at J38 Truckstop there are signs saying that anyone wanting to park longer than 2 hours should use the secure parking compound at the back of the where the trucks stay, and that a fee is payable. It's £10 per night which includes the code for the door for the showers. I think it's actually for a 24 hour period. I'm sure you could also get away with emptying your loo there too, so long as you were circumspect about it (ie when it's quiet and without making it obvious and so long as you clean up after you).
It's usually pretty quiet at the weekends when only a few trucks are on the roads compared to Tues - Thurs nights which are pretty busy (I used to work nights on the forecourt there). And they also do PLG. And calor gas refills. And red diesel for gennies.
I've no particular loyalty to them but for less than the price of a campsite you have pretty much the same facilities, with a cafe serving good slap up meals, cash point, small grocery / cigs / booze / newspaper shop, wifi, toilets and showers etc, and at the weekend it would be possible to tuck yourself away in the far corner where you wouldn't be disturbed by noise from the fuel pumps etc during the night. Pub in the local village about 10 mins walk away, together with nice dog walks along river lune.
If I didn't live fairly locally, I'd use it regularly - a good stopover point for a long trip up to Scotland.
It's usually pretty quiet at the weekends when only a few trucks are on the roads compared to Tues - Thurs nights which are pretty busy (I used to work nights on the forecourt there). And they also do PLG. And calor gas refills. And red diesel for gennies.
I've no particular loyalty to them but for less than the price of a campsite you have pretty much the same facilities, with a cafe serving good slap up meals, cash point, small grocery / cigs / booze / newspaper shop, wifi, toilets and showers etc, and at the weekend it would be possible to tuck yourself away in the far corner where you wouldn't be disturbed by noise from the fuel pumps etc during the night. Pub in the local village about 10 mins walk away, together with nice dog walks along river lune.
If I didn't live fairly locally, I'd use it regularly - a good stopover point for a long trip up to Scotland.