The services were decorated with balloons and a red carpet, and a fingerpost sign was added to the car park directing people to "the north" and "the south". The transport minister Chris Mole officially re-opened the services by unveiling a plaque within the services.

There was lots of photos and filming going on throughout the day, and free refreshments. There was also ‘Watford Gap The Musical’ being screened later in the evening.

Cars included, me and Mark in The Pink Lady, Tony & Marion Park in their Black E Series, George & Dawn Breakspear in their old 1937 Vauxhall, Ian Coomber in his Blue & White PA, Bob Daye in his Yellow & White PA, there was also the blue Velox, and a Victor from the Heritage Centre, and a very old AA land rover, some old motorbikes from the Ace Café, and some minis over the back, Richard Ashby came later in his beautiful Red & Silver E series.

Anglia TV did some filming, and included in it was about the cars that were on the M1 at the time, a bit of this included filming in a Vauxhall Cresta, but the reporter wouldn’t go in the Pink Lady, as he didn’t want to be seen in a pink car!, anyway, never mind, but he went in Bob Daye’s PA, so it was lovely to see a Vauxhall Cresta from the club on TV, and there is a great piece, (although quite short), of footage of Bob swooping round the car park in his PA with the reporter inside talking about the cars and the M1, so congratulations to Bob, on your little bit of stardom!. If you search online, on Anglia TV, this can probably still be found, although he did promise to send me the report, but to date, I haven’t received anything.