CharlesW

I am hoping to drive from near Aberdeen to Cornwall on Christmas Day. I had hoped to do it on Christmas Eve. However I got onshore in Norway too late to get home today.

Will the service stations on the M6 and M5 be open?

moff1888

I would expect/hope so seeing as it's not a holiday.

Fair play on that drive I did Cumbernauld to Plymouth and that was boring.

greenonedave

I believe that all motorway service stations have to remain open 24/7 - 365 days of the year

Chip

Xmas day is a bank holiday in the UK.

Chip

Spoon

The answer appears to be yes. I bumped into a guy earlier called G. Oogle and he gave me this. Christmas and New Year at Motorway Services | Motorway Services - every UK motorway service area reviewed and rated

dpb

Dont trust google - they directed me to banks,stores , you name it , who turned out to be closed

GlesgaKiss

I really would think the service stations would have to stay open. The country can't just come to a halt because it's christmas.

moff1888

Yes you are right, however, I read it as Xmas eve and totally missed the bit about "had hoped to" lol.

My mistake your fault.

GC8

Snax 24 BP stations will be open, I believe. My local is operated by people from the Indian subcontinent, so theyre not overly fussed about Christmas.

Jay m A

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We drove from Surrey to Cheshire on Xmas day and the services at M40 Silverstone were open, not just petrol but a skeleton service in the services itself - WHSmiths IIRC but none of the food courts were open

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Fair play to the long haul. Good luck with the weather, rather you than me!

CharlesW

Thanks for all the info. I hope the weather is ok and there shouldn't be much traffic. I've got winter tyres, so I should be alright on that front.

davyboy

They'll be open, just another day in the Muslim world

Chip

I'll forgive you as it's Xmas time.

Chip

StickyMicky

To be honest, i bet its a dream drive, the roads will be pretty deserted, you will be the king of the road, just watch them facking cameras

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Gatso's arn't a problem. Its the "man in a van with no faminly or friends" thats the problem

Gatso never got me yet, wonder why

bigsinky

you drive like my mum

Rob Day

iTrader: (78)

Camera shy plates for sale, yes plates not my mum.

CharlesW

I made it down to Cornwall in one piece, despite taking 2 hours to get from Banchory to Dundee. It usually takes an hour. The A90 was a sheet of ice: indeed the police had closed it from Brechin to Dundee. So I had to divert via Montrose and Arbroath.

Anyway after Dundee progress was rapid.

I am now just about to sit down to Christmas Dinner on Boxing Day.

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Fair play. I take it no petrol problems then?