In hail, snow and roadworks our heroic Rover 3500S makes her way north on the M6 Penrith bypass. Lucky we have Rain-X on the windscreen.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gud-XzAfHY
From Regent Road (A57) along Albion Way to Broad Street (A6)
Our first encounter with the famous A6 - we shall renew our acquaintance along the way north.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_eFgxJkylk
This was my first trip along this stretch of road - I am sure it is haunted!
The weather was foul, especially on the climb heading west. I've seldom been so grateful for the unmistakeable prisms on the sidelights of the Rover P6 - very reassuring in the gloom.
This was the route of choice in the pre-motorway era for traffic heading from the West of Scotland heading south - avoiding the icy and dangerous Shap Fell and the big cities on the A6 in favour of the A1.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmvyAb08K4E
We leave the village of Endmoor to head towards Kendal. This is the A65, which perhaps needs to be renumbered as a B-Road in these parts, leaving the A65 number as a through route all the way to Keswick? Just a thought.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhH4jmD60cc