Blowing the trumpet
for their own Establishment.
Drivers also report this is a very good stop.
I called in to this Transport cafe and Truck Stop or Lorry park (with overnight security guards on site) and it was very well used by HGV's, there was room for a few more I was told,,, Drivers who I talked to gave it a very good report indeed. this stop is also good for the white van man,, if you want B&B book ahead its £17 and includes a breakfast, all the meals seemed much to big for me,, half a meal would have been enough, so that’s a plus for you guys! The atmosphere was very good, a bar is available,, this Transport Cafe won first prize in the commercial section, for its outside bar flower display in 2003,, December 10th 2004 called again. Ordered Egg & Chips, eggs were fine and chips were excellent steak cut done to perfection,,nice and dry,, and what a pile,,, they were so good I had to eat half of them, but, could not manage the them all. Nice atmosphere, chatty drivers, good service from staff.
The Portsmouth Truck stop (Lorry Park & Transport cafe) is located by Farlington services, which is at, or after, the end of the M27 Motorway, where it runs into the A27 dual carriageway. It is also very near to the end of the M3 Motorway but on the actual end of the A3(M)
East or westbound on A27/M27 follow signs for Farlington services, slip roads for Southsea A2030, the shell service station is 100yds off the A27, turn left opposite garage, follow railway triangle sign, truck stop 300 yds on right.
Portsmouth Truck Stop
Walton Road,
Farlington
Hampshire
PO6-1UJ
Telephone 02392 376000
Website http://www.transportcafe.co.uk/portsmouth.html
Hours of Business
6.00am - 11.00pm Monday - Saturday
closed sundays
Facilities
Male/Female washrooms
Overnight accomodation £17.50
Shop
bar
Launderette
Parking 60 spaces
Secure Parking, on site Guards
24 Hour CCTV.
(PLEASE NOTE) A NEW OWNER HAS THIS TRANSPORT STOP since about 2000, I am told it was worse than poor at that time, since then improvements have been made, which include new showers, fully licensed bar with an 8'x4' screen projected TV system, 2.3 acres floodlight fenced parking, 24hr 7 day week security with controlled parking, full launderette service, B&B, new diner with seating up 40, parking up to 60 vehicles per night. The actual address is Walton road, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO61UJ.
If you want to phone ahead to be sure of a park at Portsmouth by the Sea, then
Phone 023 92376 000
Now a story to make you smile, A certain Caravan Club Park Warden called Ron, who worked with his wife Jean on a caravan club park in the Uk, had a tourist come over to his office and say the electric hook up did not work,,, Ron was quite used to this,, and off he strode with the gent to fix the problem,,, on closing to the location he spotted that the supply cable had a knot in its length,,, Ah! he said to the tourist gent,, that’s the problem,,, it wont work with a knot in it, ,,, the electricity cant get through the knot,, ,, ,, he unplugged the plug and took it back through the loop removing the knot,, then plugged it back in and said,, Try it now,, the tourist gent did and all was well....
As Ron departed to the mutterings of the gent scratching his head and saying,, I never knew that,, and,, Gordon Bennet,, and before Ron could reach his office, the gent had called on a neighbour and told him about his knotted cable discovery,, the two could be seen from Ron’s office,,, debating this knotted cable,, obviously the neighbour did not believe it,, Ron observed the two gents, then the same gent removed the cable and replaced the knot in the cable, plugged it in again,, and low and behold, the electricity would not work,, the two now stood scratching heads,, Ron decided to walk across again,, the new gent said well I never knew that,, wot said Ron all innocent,,, that a knot wud stop the lecy, he said,, ah well said Ron,, it all depends on the acdc on the site,, he then removed the knot and plugged in again for the two staring gents who by now had wife’s in tow with equal curiosity. Ron switched on and yep! all was well again,,,
The moral of this story is that you should always turn the plug in the socket when you plug it in,, one gent might have known, but he didna know the other didna know,, Ron was quick to extrapolate wot wud happen if he didna return at the right moment,,,
So if you ever hear about caravan supply cables sometimes not working with a knot in the cable,, its got knotting to do with Ron!
Portsmouth Truck Stop Lorry Park also offers electric hook-up for caravans and mobiles passing through, (Caravan Park Portsmouth) £8.00 overnight with free electric hook-up. That’s value for money, now that’s excellent value for money, phone and book NOW and quote www.transportcafe.co.uk
