Complex sentence: The A701 leaves Dumfries and travels north to meet the M74 at Beattock it thens joins the M74 for a short spell before branching of to the north-east towards Moffat and ultimately Edinburgh.
Split into simpler sentences: The A701 leaves Dumfries and travels north to meet the M74 at Beattock. It thens joins the M74 for a short spell before branching off to the north-east towards Moffat and ultimately Edinburgh.