By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 07:55 EST, 27 January 2013 | UPDATED: 12:40 EST, 27 January 2013 Fresh footage of the nightmare faced by drivers stranded during heavy snowfall has emerged as one of the UK's busiest motorways ground to a halt during a blizzard in the early hours of Saturday morning. Some drivers were stuck for as long as eight hours on the M6 between junctions 25 and 27 between Wigan and Chorley in Lancashire after a sudden deluge of snow. But as the footage shows, not everyone was willing to sit tight and wait for driving conditions to improve.
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The M6 motorway was closed in Lancashire on Friday night
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Heavy snowfall made the road impassible for drivers
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Some motorists were stuck for up to eight hours
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Many had snowball fights or built snowmen on the road
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Others weren't so patient as new footage shows cars attempting to use the hard shoulder
Mountain rescue workers walked along the four-mile stretch of the M6 in @placeholder overnight to check on the condition of drivers.