From Dishforth up to the northern edge of Tyneside, the A19 is a major route running east of the A1, serving all the large and important towns that its more famous counterpart doesn't reach.
It crosses cattle grids and untamed moorland, it climbs 1-in-4 hills and plummets through hairpin bends, it runs single-track through woodland and historic villages. It's rugged and beautiful. Is it really the A39?