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I’ve also extended the terms to crossroads, so a ‘minor crossroads’ is one where you are on the major road and are crossing over minor roads, and a ‘major crossroads’ is one where you are on the minor road and have to give way to the major road.

A ‘main road’ is usually an A-road. I try to avoid these as much as possible, but the Cotswolds are riddled with them, and crossing over them, or using them for very short sections, is often unavoidable. In such cases these sections are kept as short as possible, and are ideally in areas of lower speed limits (for example within villages) or on a downhill stretch. There will, of course, always be the occasional exception to this – for example within Bath City Centre (Route 6).

Should you come across a junction that isn’t mentioned (these tend to be insignificant side-turns or a series of minor roads crossing over the major road in a short space of time), just remember the route will always take the major road (and usually continue straight ahead) if no other mention is made.