We reach the outskirts of Kendal in our quest to rejoin the A6. The weather looks as if it might just hold out over the treacherous Shap Fell road.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM8s84nvEJ0
We're descending now and must treat the road with even more respect. The weather is good by Shap standards but the drizzle and the permanent ice warning signs are a reminder to take it easy. The M6 is some distance to our right as we pass a hotel and Christmas tree farm as we near junction 39 of the motorway.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgQ9wXUVeo
This little spur was originally designated as A6144(M) when it opened in 1987 as a spur of the M63-that-was.
Sadly it lost its motorway status about 5 years ago when the northern terminal roundabout was upgraded along with the M60 collector distributor lanes.
Back in the day it was one of the few stretches of single carriageway where one could legally drive at 70mph but those boring farts at Trafford Council had some spare 50mph signs and stuck them along the plain vanilla A6144!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37roeXPBuFI