Anybody else do Trip Advisor reviews?

[mjr]

Similarly if it's bad, as in the Eat and Drink outlet at Cherwell Valley services, then people deserve to be warned before they waste their money!

Surely you only use moto services like Cherwell Valley for food if you're wanting it at an unusual time or are in a tearing hurry? In which case, reviews might not show many other options and rushers probably aren't checking reviews. Otherwise, the three(?) villages on the old A43 now B430 have at least one pub each and I think the one about 500m from the CV junction (Fox and Hounds?) is OK.

 

[mjr]

Well thanks to this thread I've found tripadvisor and searched for dog friendly places so next time my sister visits we won't have to eat outside in the cold now winter's on the way. Even left a nice review of somewhere I visited recently too

Pub last night (House on the Green, on National 1 at North Wootton, has a bike out front to advertise itself as cycle-friendly) had a sign up for www.doggiepubs.org.uk if that's useful to anyone.

Ha she's a lovely sister! She has Bonnie's brother, called what else but Clyde [...]

I'm pretty sure the original Bonnie and Clyde weren't brother and sister...

Their provenance is their quantity. If 1,000 people are saying its good, then surely?....

...then they've paid for a lot of astroturfing?

 

[TrishE]

Pub last night (House on the Green, on National 1 at North Wootton, has a bike out front to advertise itself as cycle-friendly) had a sign up for www.doggiepubs.org.uk if that's useful to anyone.


I'm pretty sure the original Bonnie and Clyde weren't brother and sister...


...then they've paid for a lot of astroturfing?

I'll look up doggiepubs thank you

Bonnie and Clyde as names go together like Sooty and Sweep

 

[Brandane]

Surely you only use moto services like Cherwell Valley for food if you're wanting it at an unusual time or are in a tearing hurry? In which case, reviews might not show many other options and rushers probably aren't checking reviews. Otherwise, the three(?) villages on the old A43 now B430 have at least one pub each and I think the one about 500m from the CV junction (Fox and Hounds?) is OK.

Are they open at 7am, and do they have secure overnight parking for an artic?

 

[mjr]

Are they open at 7am, and do they have secure overnight parking for an artic?

Not as far as I know. Yeah, artics have limited choice but don't pro drivers have enough experience to avoid moto if possible? Even less-frequent motorists like me have noticed their corner-cutting and price-gouging enough to feel it tarnishes company chairman Gerry Robinson of "I'll Show Them Who's Boss" and "Can Gerry Robinson Fix...?" fame.

 

[swee'pea99]

[QUOTE 4490993, member: 259"]Or Burke and Hare![/QUOTE]
My sis and a friend very nearly started a comedy double act once, as Bitter & Twisted.

 

[Brandane]

Not as far as I know. Yeah, artics have limited choice but don't pro drivers have enough experience to avoid moto if possible? Even less-frequent motorists like me have noticed their corner-cutting and price-gouging enough to feel it tarnishes company chairman Gerry Robinson of "I'll Show Them Who's Boss" and "Can Gerry Robinson Fix...?" fame.

Ha! That takes us onto a whole new, and previously covered on other threads, subject about what a "pro driver" is!
I've had my HGV licence for 10+ years but only use it as a back up for when all else fails, and even then just part time.
I was doing a one off job to Croydon on that particular occasion. It was a nightmare and I won't be repeating it.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Usually only for bad places, my general advice is the establishment should be demolished.

 

[nickyboy]

Usually only for bad places, my general advice is the establishment should be demolished.

Likewise...I looked for a general "London" to review on that basis but I was left disappointed