The M65 connects the towns in Lancashire's Calder Valley, from Preston to Blackburn, Burnley and on to Colne. It might not be a critical national route but it's a lifeline to the region it serves.
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?