MOTORISTS experienced delays on the A590 in South Cumbria as motorists flocked to and from a popular country show.

There were various delays throughout the day as vehicles made their way to and from the Westmorland County Show, which was held at Lane Farm in Crooklands today.

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Delays, some up to three hours long, were reported this morning as traffic stretched some distance from the M6 junction to the A590.

One motorist told the Evening Mail she had been stuck in the traffic for two hours. They are understood to have left Barrow at 7.30am this morning and had not yet arrived at the Brettargh Holt roundabout by 10.35am.

Traffic to the show was also affected by a road traffic collision in Heversham involving five vehicles at 12.30pm.

One woman was trapped in a car and firefighters used special cutting equipment to remove the roof and release her. She was taken to hospital by an ambulance.

Tens of thousands of people were expected at the event at Crooklands, near Kendal, an annual celebration of farming, food and rural life that won 'Cumbria Tourism Event of the Year for 2015'.

This year, the recommended routes to the County Show changed, with drivers asked to follow signage, and not their sat-navs, or use a free shuttle bus running every half hour from Kendal.

The show features livestock classes covering cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, poultry and alpacas to light horse classes, show jumping, heavy horses and carriage driving.