Rest Stops on the A303

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Gittins Gal

Gittins Gal

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Got to do a swapover on the A303 tomorrow at a location yet to be decided but somewhere between Honiton and Yeovil.

Can anyone recommend a decent eating house on or not too far off piste where we can feed and water Mother in law?

Our favoured spot, an American style diner called Route 303, is, alas, no more.
 
Rroff said:
Aside from the BK/McDonald's at Horton Cross/Ilminster there isn't really much that is kind of half-way, there's a few decent-ish places at either end.
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There was also a nice pub called The Eagle on the single carriageway section over the Blackdown Hills but it is now an Italian. Which is fine but M-i-L is a meat and 2 veg kind of gal.

Yes, will probably plump for something the Honiton end rather than risking the culinary horrors to be found on the tables of Yeovil and its environs.

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I once spent 2 weeks at the Days Inn at Fleet Services at the start of a gig at the AA in Basingstoke.

My diet was courtesy of the Wild Bean Cafe apart from Tuedays when they did a mean lamb shank in the cafeteria.

I think Fleet Services elicits slightly different emotions from me
 
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Street said:
I'm down visiting my parents in Wincanton in a couple weeks time so I'll have to check it out! :cry:

I used to work at a couple Little Chefs along the A303 during my youth, although unfortunately they're no longer there. The one in Sparkford is now an American themed diner called Mattia Diner, but I've got no idea what it's like. Hunters Lodge, just off the A303 east of Wincanton has been decent when I've been though.
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Yep, both of those places are good. There's also The Wagtail right on the 3-zero-3 which is a Chef & Brewer type of place.

Always worth straying a bit further when in that neck of the woods though as there's a wealth of good eateries. Top of my list being the White Lion at Bourton which does great beer and food as well as retaining the rustic charm of a Dorset (only just!) country pub.
 
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