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Mystery of the M62 farm is solved Millions have driven by the quirky farm perched in between two motorway carriageways and pondered over the stubborn farmer who refused to be moved when the workmen arrived. But a recently unearthed documentary has revealed that the couple who lived at Stott Hall Farm, west of Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, were actually saved by a geological fault rather than their own resolve to make way for the M62. Farmer Ken Wild had refused to sell his land tha The couple were part of mass protests from farmers over the motorway, which would cut through miles of rural land. Such protests included one rather desperate farmer trying to disrupt engineers by blaring music from speakers out of his home's windows. But their farm was saved because the land beneath the 15 acres which now lies between the carriageways was too steep - making it impossible to build all six lanes on. Mr Wild and his wife Beth were interviewed on an archived episode of Clegg's People, recently released by the British Film Institute. Clad in tweed and walking the hill between the roads as his dogs herd sheep, he describes how close they were to having to leave. In the 1983 documentary the farmer tells presenter Michael Clegg: 'Oh yes it looked like we would have to move but they found out that they couldn't get all six lanes together.' Mr Wild also explains that he had around 70 acres of land when the motorway was built. Mr Clegg and Mr Wild also talk of the huge scale of work that had to be done on a nearby reservoir, which was a necessary side project when the motorway was built. Engineers had to build underpasses under each carriageway so that Mr Wild had access to other parts of his land and workmen to the reservoir. But living beside the motorway came with its problems, and Mrs Wild - Ken's second wife - described how she had seen numerous fatal car accidents. Once she was awoken at 4.20am to find an overturned lorry on their land and the driver climbing out of the broken windscreen. She also described the impossible task of cleaning the house next to the motorway, which is covered in dust brought up by passing vehicles and sprayed with filthy water in the winter. Mr Wild died in 2004, and the farm, which was also the subject of a second documentary called The Farmhouse, has since been bought by Paul Thorp and his wife Jill. The couple say they are dedicated to staying at the farm - despite the noise from the motorway. He told the BBC: 'Some days I wish I could switch (the motorway) off, but I haven't found the off-button yet! We just have to live with it, it's not going to go away is it? 'I'm resigned to it, I've taken it on. I knew what it was when I came here. It's there to stay for sure.'