And so, that fateful Saturday (March 31, remember, I'm still catching up), we headed down the M74 to Annandale Water services and our first motorway service station Wimpy.
The walls of the main building were festooned with Wimpy posters, and, even better. one of the fences featured a Wimpy banner adorned with the words Got a Minute? Grab a Burger.
Nearby was a family standing by the boot of their car eating sandwiches. I approached the father, and after much slow explanation and general hilarity (and lots of Whys?) he sent his son to take a picture of Stu and I behind the banner, a grin on my face, a cheesy timekeeping expression on Stu's. A souvenir to be proud of - I even filmed the Corsa of Destiny driving past.
When we walked in to the main building we saw the Wimpy counter to our left - no seats, just a wall of Wimpy looking out onto the concourse. But its shutters were closed, and even our photo and video festival outside couldn't take away our fear of failure. Or of having to wait at least an hour at a motorway service station, which is roughly the same thing.
But then the gods smiled upon us, the metal barrier started to rise, and a Wimpy opened before our eyes.
Unfortunately, we were all set for a propoer full Wimpy meal with plates and cutlery in Dumfries, so all I had was a bag of onion rings while Stu had chips. But they were very nice onion rings and chips, so it's a 2.5 from me and a 2.5 from Stu.
And then it was back in the Corsa of Destiny for our ride to a triumphant finish...
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