The M62 is one of Britain's busiest roads, with more than 100,000 motorists said to use it every day.
For bored passengers, there is a talking point that naturally arises between junctions 22 and 23 of the M62 near Huddersfield.
Why on earth is there a farm slap bang in the middle of the motorway?
One widely spread rumour is that the farmer refused to budge when the road was built in the sixties, so the six lanes of traffic grew around them instead.
Like many things in life, the truth is a little bit more complicated and nuanced, the Liverpool Echo notes.
Stott Hall Farm is run by sheep farmers Paul Thorp and his wife, Jill Falkingham-Thorp, who live there with their son, John-William.
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They look after more than 900 ewes and 20 Angus cattle, which can be seen grazing on moorland beyond the motorway.
It is a reminder of how people used to cross the Pennines on foot or horseback before the wild landscape was transformed.
Appearing on Channel 4's show 'The Pennines: Backbone of Britain' Paul gives an incredible insight into life on the farm.
It might look like a tough place to work, but for the farmer, it's the height of success.
He told the documentary: "I came here as a 22-year-old lad who was mad about farming.
"To get an opportunity to take on a farm this size were once in a lifetime, so it's my home now. It's just everything."
He adds: "It's just like any other farm really. You've got to know your land, know your job and plan around it.
"The only thing is we've got six lanes of traffic through ours. It throws up its challenges, it's very unique."
Referring to the traffic, he added: "The mind boggles as to where everybody is going. I just cannot get me head around where everybody's going every day."
The farmer is seen tackling a vital problem - how to ensure any of their four-legged friends never collide with four-wheeled vehicles.
If they do jump over the fence, Highways England staff have to call the couple and the motorway is shut until they recover their livestock.
On the show, Paul needs the help of dry stone wallers to help resolve this modern problem.
Paul explained: "As my grandad said the stone in Yorkshire were put underneath Yorkshire so it could be used on top of Yorkshire.
"There's nowt else that would last, if you put a concrete wall up here, it would just erode in no time."
But even these ancient boundaries need a little TLC and he calls on a family who work in walling to help repair a section.
Bill Noble, the family man leading the repairs highlights another unique issue affecting Stott Hall Farm, due to its altitude.
He said: "I think there was a story when the motorway was being built, the men that were working on it said they'd never been to a place before where it was a howling gale and foggy as well.
"It's good if you can pick your days when you're working on the highest ground."
Speaking to the Sunday Times in 2017, Farmer Jill said: "When [Paul] asked me to live here, I was like, 'Oh my God, really?' It was tough at first.
"There was no bathroom upstairs and the traffic was so noisy. The windows are triple-glazed so it's not so bad inside the cottage, but outside it can get loud."
Now they're used to the country's fascination with the farm, which was actually saved when engineers discovered a geological fault beneath the farmhouse, making it was practical to build the lanes around the property than through it.
Ken Wild, the farmer who refused to move for the M62, did object - but Thorp says that wouldn't have stopped it from being destroyed.
He told the Times: "He was a proper farmer. He objected to the motorway being built. But they wouldn't have built around him just because he was being stubborn."
The Pennines: Backbone of Britain is next on TV on 21 Feb at 9pm.
