...was the only thing I didn't see on the journey down, but in the space of six hours travelling from Kendal to London I did spot the following;
• National Express coach in the third lane on the M6 near Manchester
• Six trucks nose to tail [about a yard between each] crossing the Thelwall Viaduct
• Driver of a Cherokee Jeep flashing motorists in front to move out of the third lane to allow him to pass – only one of dozens targeted actually moved over
• A female driver, complete with glasses, joining the M6 at J13, speeding to the outside lane, tailgating a Golf, then cutting across three lanes of motorway to get off at J12. It was a red Vauxhall Corsa, for the record
• Four cars parked in disabled zones without disabled stickers; two were Mercedes E-Class with private number plates at Norton Canes on the M6 Toll
• ESSO garage at Cherwell Valley on the M40 charging [minimum 50p vend] for water for the van’s windscreen washers
• Two Transit minibuses towing trailers loaded up with canoes doing 90mph in the third lane of the M40
• No one adhering to the 40 or 50mph restriction placed on traffic on the M25 between the M40 and A3
• Three foreign trucks and British cars parked up on the hard shoulder of the M25 [clockwise] following a ‘meeting of metal’ with each car driver concerned on the blower
• A taxi driver carving up traffic in order to get its fare to the airport [Gatwick] on time
• Countless middle lane huggers on the M6, M6 Toll, M42, M40 and M25, refusing to move over despite failing to match the national speed and the vehicles staked up behind
• Plenty of undertaking on the motorway system with drivers using the middle lane before re-entering the third lane two vehicles further up the queue. Out of many drivers who tried to undertake only two actually failed to move up the third lane queue

Apart from that the journey was top notch.