You've got to love the M6

Or not! For completeness here's a belated account of our journey home from the lodge in Cumbria. Our daughter set off before us and wanted to call into the MacArthur Glen outlet place on her way back home. We went north to Keswick to the Derwent Pencil Museum. This is a small museum devoted to the history of pencil making and the Cumberland Pencil Company. It was worth visiting and I learnt a few facts. The café was excellent, and there was a half decent company shop (don't expect big discounts though - they are small discounts) Entry isn't cheap, but you do get a pencil and a drawing pen to take away! The drive south along the M6 Motorway was grim. No other word for it. OK it was the Friday before a fine bank holiday weekend, but even so. There were long stretches of extremely slow traffic and occasional stupid driving. We stopped off in Preston to recharge the car and eat lunch, which worked out OK. By the time we got home we were frazzled and ready for..... well we weren't sure…