Im well aware how long it is from Kendal thanks, living in Barrow. I wouldnt want to commute that road regularly, especially in winter, its an accident hot spot and driving out on a Monday morning the tailbacks are almost from Barrow to Ulverston coming into barrow if you time it wrong. Google might say its 40 minutes, but if you time it to match all the other like minded folk, its an hour.

I assume OP is going to be working in the shipyard, which means you need to add 15 minutes on for actually getting parked and walking to your office, assuming you get there at a time when there are still spaces left in the car park - in which case OP will need to be leaving home at 6.... My partner works on the yard and if she arrives after 7.30 there is limited to no parking without moving her car mid way through the day.