Ok, it probably goes without saying that driving on the left side of the road after a lifetime of driving on the right hand side is difficult. However, it isn't the side on which one drives that is the most difficult. It is the small roads that provides the challenge.
It amazes me that the same "number road" can be both a four lane divided highway and a one lane road. On our way from Oban to Glasgow via Glen Coe, we started on a nice wide four lane highway, and as we neared Loch Lomand, the road was just over a lane wide....and it was a two way road!
On the road to Iona on the Isle of Mull, it is truly a one lane road with traffic going both ways. Every 200 feet or so, there is a place to pull off and let the oncoming or overtaking traffic pass. The sad part for me was that because I was concentrating so hard on not getting us killed, I missed some of the most beautiful country there is.
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