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# 107 miles on the M62
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## At exactly 107 miles, the M62 represents the extra distance per tank that
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the new Audi A6 delivers. Taking the car on a roadtrip from the Humber to the
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Mersey, the photographer Will Sanders encounters a series of startling
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sculptures.
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![One of Sophie Ryder's hare figures at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park][1]
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One of Sophie Ryder's hare figures at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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![The acoustic mirror at Kilnsea, built in the First World War to detect air
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invasions from across the North Sea][2]
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The acoustic mirror at Kilnsea, built in the First World War to detect air
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invasions from across the North Sea
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![Vinea wine bar and deli at Albert Dock][3]
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Vinea wine bar and deli at Albert Dock
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![Turning the Place Over, Richard Wilson's art installation in Liverpool][4]
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Turning the Place Over, Richard Wilson's art installation in Liverpool
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![A sculpture on the M62][5]
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A sculpture on the M62
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4:45PM GMT 28 Nov 2008
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The M62. At exactly 107 miles in length it's the perfect route to take the new
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Audi A6 (107 miles being the extra distance per tank that the new A6 is
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capable of delivering*) for a road trip across the north of England. Driving
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the 107 miles I was struck by how quickly everything changes. Even the accent;
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I noticed a different one every time I got out of the A6.
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The first place I stopped was the Humber estuary near Easington. In a field at
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Kilnsea I spotted an incredible construction facing out over the ocean that
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looked like a large concrete satellite dish. It turned out to be an acoustic
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mirror, an earlywarning system built in the First World War that amplified the
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sounds of approaching Zeppelins, so that they could be picked up by a radio
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operator - a primitive form of radar. Looking out to sea, which was
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particularly dark and moody, it was extraordinary imagining it being used back
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then. Looking back to the A6, it made me realise just how much technology has
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advanced.
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From there, I could only head west, through Hull and then onwards to
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Pontefract. I decided to stop in the town, and wandered into the indoor market
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hall. It was packed with great independent producers. My favourite discovery
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there was the cheesemonger Cryer & Stott. They clearly believe wholeheartedly
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in what they are doing, and really know their cheese. I tried lots of them
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before returning to the car with some delicious Swaledale that had been soaked
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in Old Peculiar ale.
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Not far further west, I reached the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield.
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It is an incredible place to discover - I am not the biggest fan of museums
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and galleries, I sometimes feel that they are not the best places to see art,
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with people all bunching up around the works. But in the open air in a
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beautiful landscape felt like the perfect way to see sculpture. There are
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fantastic works by artists such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, and I
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loved Sophie Ryder's hare figures with human bodies.
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The park is so big, I could have spent the rest of the day there, but headed
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on towards Manchester over the Pennines, via the highest stretch of motorway
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in the country. There is one portion where the motorway divides and you can
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see a single farm sandwiched between the two carriageways. It was the perfect
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opportunity to settle back in my seat and experience just what all the fuss
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about the new A6 is all about. It really was a case of just pointing the car
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in the direction you wanted to go in and enjoying the drive.
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When I got to Manchester, I drove to the City of Manchester Stadium where
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there is an incredibly dramatic sculpture, an explosion of enormous spikes.
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Created by Thomas Heatherwick, it is called B of the Bang, inspired by
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something the sprinter Linford Christie once said about leaving the blocks the
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moment the starting pistol goes off. It is so towering, it was hard to capture
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in a photograph.
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I headed on to Liverpool where, opposite the Moorfields station, I came across
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another massive artwork, Turning the Place Over. The artist Richard Wilson had
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taken an unremarkable disused building, and cut into the facade a huge oval
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that tilts and rotates out of the building. It was so surprising to find it,
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and jaw-dropping to watch in action.
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As evening came on, I visited Albert Dock and found a brilliant wine bar,
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Vinea, attached to a deli, with lots of young couples enjoying an evening
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drink. I ended my trip at the Hope Street Hotel, a gorgeous modern hotel in an
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1860 building. They have used lots of beautiful wood in the design, and I
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absolutely loved it. As I went to sleep I was already planning a return visit
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(preferably in an Audi), so I could stay here again.
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**Why 107 miles?**
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No, Audi haven't made the fuel tank bigger on the new A6 model, they've just
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made their engines more fuel efficient. On the new Audi A6 2.0 TDIe manual*,
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for instance, you'll get up to 107 more miles each time you fill up. And
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across the whole A6 diesel engine range, you'll get between 48 and 127 miles.
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So be it a drive to a sculpture park or over the Pennines, one place you won't
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be going with all those extra miles is the petrol station.
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