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Digested week: As wildfires rage, should I buy a helicopter or marry a guy with a bunker?

Plus, train toilet roulette, an astonishingly stoic hiker and the tradwife paradox

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

Meet the motorway service station superfans who are passionate about pit stops

Bland purveyors of overpriced food and drink or iconic emblems of Britishness that provide a judgement-free liminal space with a welcome shot of nostalgia? Helen Salter speaks to take-a-break enthusiasts and digs into the burgeoning trend of upmarket service stations

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2024

Back to the future? Devon diner hopes to revive spirit of Little Chef

First of new chain called Brightside gives nostalgic nod to 20th-century glory days of car travel

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023

Lost restaurant chains we loved on Merseyside sold £6 steaks and 'Olympic breakfasts'

These are the brands we turned to for a fast-food fix years ago

Liverpool Echo · Sep 23, 2022

Over 100 jobs saved after division of collapsed roofing contractor sold to former Little Chef investor

Avonside Energy has operations in the West Midlands, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, Warrington and Stevenage

Birmingham Post · Sep 13, 2022

Wedding anniversary meals ending in divorce and the Chuckle Brothers: Your memories of Little Chef

MEN readers told us some of your favourite memories of the much missed Little Chef restaurants

Manchester Evening News · May 31, 2022

Long before McDonald's and Starbucks sprung up in Manchester, there was the Little Chef

At its peak, there were 439 Little Chef restaurants in the UK including branches in Astley, Knutsford, Adlington and Piccadilly Station

Manchester Evening News · May 26, 2022

Little Chef: The lost roadside restaurant chain was a 'rare holiday treat'

Before McDonald's or Starbucks were on the scene, the now defunct restaurant chain was the place to go

Liverpool Echo · May 20, 2022