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Originally Posted by ollie  Going to pick up a friend from Totnes this Monday, have downloaded directions from Mapquest and Google, Mapquest tells me to go on M65 then take M66 which means leaving M65 at junction 8, Google is telling me not even to take M65 but to travel through Bacup and Rawtenstall to join M66. I am pretty thick where driving is concerned but would it not be easier to join M65 and follow signs on there instead of ever leaving it? Or am I really stupid? |
It's because the M66/M60 route to the M6 southbound is slightly shorter than the M65 past Preston and the route maps generally give you the shortest route first.
Personally I would just use the M65 straight down to the M6.