Day 6: Now I'm not a man obsessed with roads and I'm not one of those blokes that turns up at BBQ's or weddings discussing the merits of the A442 versus the B917 or whether the A485 is quicker to get to Bobsville than the B265 but clearly this trip needed some planning and deciding which route to take and which roads to use has been quite educational.
You might know the A1 between London and Edinburgh is Britain's longest road at just over 400 miles but did you know the A15 that runs from Peterborough to Kingston upon Hull provides the straightest stretch of road in the UK (between Scampton and the M180)? Or that the shortest road in the world is Elgin Street in Bacup, Lancs at 17 feet long? Or that in a 2006 survey Britain's 'bendiest' road was proved to be the A3081 between Cann Common and Tollard Royal in Dorset/Wiltshire?
However the A6 from Preston to Carlisle certainly felt like the longest road in the world today to which my backside will testify. It also appears to have more potholes than the moon and more swearing drivers per mile than the average.
Like I say I'm not obsessed with roads...