The Anonymous Widower

Simon Calder on the M25

Simon Calder is one of my favourite writers and his piece on Saturday on the M25 in the free Independent, I got from East Coast was excellent.

I particularly liked this bit.

Time for coffee. No service station graces this stretch of the M25, but handily the coffee bar with the best view in the South-east is just a juggernaut’s shudder from Junction 14. The location is on the departures level of Heathrow Terminal 5. As you wander over from the car park, you can look west to Windsor Castle. And a window seat provides you with a view over one of the busiest runways in the world. On the apron below, Airbuses beetle about, while every minute or two a Boeing whizzes past the window, carrying hundreds of people with stories from afar – some of which would no doubt be told as the M25 guided them home with their meeters and greeters.

It sounds like a place to visit.  But I suspect Simon’s publicity means it will be very busy!

September 29, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | Food, Transport/Travel | Coffee, Heathrow Airport, London, Roads