A blue sign with a diagram showing a branch off the road ahead and the following text.
Forward destinations: The SOUTH; Birmingham; Stafford.
Exit destinations: Stoke - on -; Trent ; Stone; A500; Derby; (A50).
Junction number: 15.
If you've been following the M6 all the way you'll recall that, just after Preston, we encountered a long stretch of motorway that had opened in 1963. That was 61 miles ago. This is the other end of it.