Vintage run adds colour to Shap Fell.
A special commemorative run by vintage commercial vehicles added vibrant colour to the lay by at the summit of Shap Fell on Sunday 18th May.
The run organised to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the unveiling of the memorial on the summit of the A6 saw fewer vehicles than attended for the unveiling, but there was a great sense of nostalgia as the venerable vehicles ground their way to the summit. The pristine liveries of red, blue, yellow green and cream added a festive air as the drivers greeted old friends.
There was good turn out by the public, some of whom had driven there in classic cars.
The convoy of vehicles had set out from the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland and followed the route of the A6 so far as was possible before tackling the climb up Shap.
At the summit to watch their arrival was Lenore Knowles, who had unveiled the memorial 
in May 1994 and she was greeted by Shap Memorial Trustee Jean Scott-Smith who has been involved with the group since its inception and had helped to organise the event. Mrs Knowles is known in transport circles as ‘the Leyland Clock lady’, and still lives beside the A6 at Hollowgate. The founder of the Shap Memorial Trust, Gordon Baron is commemorated at the memorial by a small plaque; and one of the drivers on Sunday was his son Keith who brought his sons Kieran and Matthew along for the occasion.
The vehicles then travelled on to Shap village where they parked up, this attracted much attention as locals and visitors viewed them close up. The Shap Memorial Trust is now administered by Shap Local History Society, and they had laid on refreshments in the Shap Memorial Hall, where a film of the opening day was shown, and the Heritage Centre was open to allow viewing of the transport archives held there.
Shap Memorial Trust 