If you can hang on until Cannock there was (and by all accounts still is but refurbished from my truck driving days) an excellent truck stop on the A5 heading towards Cannock. Proper home-cooked meals and excellent value. It's about a mile or so down the A5 on the left. Just a short skip to...
The weekend work on the M23 which was lost to the weather has been rearranged for the weekend of 23/24/25 March which is International Break weekend (England v Netherlands)