Your life just got better, although you may not know it yet. Why? Because the loos at Toddington services have been fitted with Dyson Airblade hand driers. Everyone dries their hands, and everyone goes to Toddington services sooner or later.

The Airblade is clear, unambiguous progress. It was launched nearly a year ago, but this was my first one. Maybe you've already had the pleasure. In which case, why haven't you been shouting about it? It's brilliant.

It's a simple metal box with a slot in the top, into which you insert your hands. It switches on automatically and blows warm air at your hands as you slowly withdraw them. They're dry in 10 seconds. It gets its name from the sensation that the air is coming at you like a blade. It's not a real blade. That wouldn't be progress at all.

The Airblade is better than conventional hand driers because you reach down into it, not up to it, so you won't get water running up your sleeves. It's better than paper towels because it cuts out all the litter. And it's better than a big cloth towel on a roll, because it doesn't stink or get stuck and need thumping, or not yet anyway.

The arrival of the Airblade means Toddington now has the holy trinity of motorway services facilities, the other two being a BP filling station and a Marks & Spencer Simply Food shop.

BP stations are good because you get Nectar points and you get to use a toilet without going into the main services building (although of course you'll miss out on the Airblade).  

Simply Food shops, as found at an increasing number of petrol stations and railway termini, sell fantastic things like onion bhaji sandwiches and banana smoothies as well as nicely chilled bottles of water. In the context of motorway services, where food and drink is usually absurdly expensive,  M&S looks like the best value on the planet.