For sure, and there’s nothing else quite like it in the country, nothing else that carves through the centre of a city like the M8 does. I like it too, it’s spectacular… until you get stuck in traffic on it though haha, then it’s not fun at all 🫢

@@cxyroads I’ve been on it 3 times and been lucky on all 3 occasions Can’t believe they’re still working on those viaducts though, that must be at least 3 or 4 years they’ve been doing that

Don’t worry, the video is sped up to 5x normal speed. I was doing around about the speed limit the whole time, I promise 😉

Thanks :-) glad you enjoyed it

No it's not. It's a boring, terrible motorway. There's nothing good about it at alll.

It’s definitely not fun when you’re stuck in traffic on it… there’s nothing else in the country quite like the section through Central Glasgow though, it’s definitely unique

@@cxyroads M6 through Birmingham.

Thank you! :-)

Thank you! 👍

Thanks, glad you enjoyed 👍

Thanks :-)

Thanks :-) I heard about that section being on the route of the former canal, didn’t know about the name though

Thanks!

Thanks! Yeah the views from the Friarton Bridge are brilliant :-)

Thanks for the support :-) I agree, the scenery is great, especially on the A74(M) and then the M6 past the Lakes. And yeah from what I’ve found from doing this trip quite often, north of Lancaster the traffic is virtually always quite light, especially the sections in Scotland. Quite a nice drive indeed :)

@@cxyroads Yes I agree that the section of the M6 up north feels completely different to the heavy traffic more south. The section of the M6 in Cumbria feels like a completely different motorway.

Definitely - much less traffic up north, and much nicer scenery. If you ignore the Carlisle bypass section then the M6 in Cumbria has similarly quiet traffic levels to the A74(M) on the other side of the border, almost feels like it’s the same motorway as the A74(M)

@@cxyroads Yes I agree that those certain sections of the M6 and A74(M) are nice and scenic. It would be better as well if the M74 had 3 lanes all the way instead of 2. They should have made it like that when they first built the road, but I don't think there's any chance they will do that now, it was cause too much disruption and traffic problems for today's traffic levels. That section is between junctions 6 and 12 and is about 17 and a half miles long. I reckon that if they were to widen that section of the M74 from 2 lanes to 3, it would take about 4 or 5 years.

Agree, the M74 with 2 lanes is quite the bottleneck at times! The M74 is quite a bit older than the A74(M), so I assume they only did only 2 lanes each way because the traffic levels weren’t nearly as high 40-50 years ago compared to now. Probably difficult to widen in some areas too, especially given that it passes right on the edge of Larkhall, Kirkmuirhill and Lesmahagow, and it would also be very expensive, and - you’re right - very disruptive and time-consuming to widen such a long section!

Thanks! I make the signs in a painting app called Krita on my laptop :-)

Yes, it was just me.

I believe you’re right, yes. The section past Shap with the carriageway split is one of my favourite sections of the M6, always a pleasure to drive :)

@@cxyroads Yes that’s right I reckon it’s a better view heading northbound as well and Tebay services northbound opened on the same day as my birthday

That’s nice! I’ve stopped at Tebay quite a lot of times before. And I agree - the view is best heading northbound, though southbound as in the video it’s still brilliant

Thanks, glad you enjoyed! The scenic section past the Lake District is coming next 😉

@@cxyroads No problem and I’m looking forward to seeing it 😁

Thanks for the support!