Watford Gap

He needs to become a hermit.

Watford Gap? He needs to at least go north of Watford Gap, I think we all agree.

OK.

But our story continues on the morning of Monday, February 9th, 1942. at approximately 8.40 in the morning, because that was when an electrician called Harold Batchelor had a really bad start to his morning, because he was the poor bugger who discovered the body of Evelyn Margaret Hamilton in the air raid shelter in Marylebone.

That's like when anybody from London says, oh, you know, up north, and it's like, the north's quite a big place.

Anywhere past Watford Gap.

Yeah.

For anyone in London, but yeah, we'll have to have a look back on that one and see where he did end up.

amazing.

And I never forget it, but I sat at a service station, the Watford Gap, And if you want a day out, go to the Watford Gap and people watch.

It's

incredible.

I think that's the furthest north I've ever been.

Is it? No, not really.

So I literally went to the Watford Gap and met this random man in a car park and we went and had a coffee and we sat on a table, obviously each other, and he had his swatch books and look books and price books and stuff like that.

And I didn't have a foggy.

I am nowhere near Stoke.

One mile north of the Watford Gap.

So let's be really clear about those couple of facts, first and foremost.

In terms of the team lineup, I was disappointed with it.

I was-

At Watford Gap

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Watford Gap Services, and I, you know, I'm used to it.

I'm used to the late night driving, the going back in.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Do you know what I mean? Just at some fucking Watford Gap services.

Yeah.

Like, that would be proper.

I found the name of the restaurant within the burger place that was in the services where I thought I'd left it.

And sure enough, it was there.

But first of all, can you imagine even fucking looking up a phone number for Watford Gap fucking services? And then if you got through, which you wouldn't, can you imagine? That would be proper like, what? You lost a bag? Yes, I've lost a bag.

I'm going to have to speak to my supervisor.

Very south.

I feel like the Watford Gap must be just around the corner.

The temperature just

got up to

Exactly, yeah.

And we've been past the Watford Gap, I think it was.

Yes.

Which is not that far, you know, yeah.

...

Watford Gap or something.

Yeah.

Yeah.