A blue sign with a diagram showing a branch off the road ahead and the following text.
Forward destinations: SCOTLAND.
Exit destinations: Carlisle; Hexham; Newcastle; A69.
Junction number: 43.
A few junctions back I suggested the A66 was the last major east-west route across England, something that fans of the A69 will have been unhappy about for the last 20 miles. I would like to be clear that the A69 is great too.