Ricky & Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip

This week, they're driving their home from home through Cumbria's Lake District, to see if life nearer the Scottish border makes for a different kind of ‘Northern-ness' – while taking in some of the most famously breathtaking scenery in the British Isles.

Along the way, they get a taste of life in border-town Carlisle, laying a bet or two at the town's famed racecourse with one of the natives, journalist and broadcaster Grace Dent.

But there are plenty of other eventful stop-offs, making mint cake in Kendal – where else? – visiting the utterly unique pencil museum in Keswick – well, Cumbria is the birthplace of the pencil – boating on beautiful Lake Windermere and treating themselves to a taster menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

As they cruise the countryside, the pair also discover they can both do a startlingly accurate impression of bearded acting legend and son of the north Brian Blessed – which becomes something of a recurring theme for them both as the trip unfolds….