On Tuesday we headed northeast to Balmoral Castle which is the sometimes residence of the Queen … particularly in the fall. This trek of about 60 miles took at least 2.5 hours because of the small winding roads. They depict this yellow line on the map and call it a state highway (A927 for example) however that turned out to be a one-lane road through farmers fields … I’ve seen bigger driveways, eh. That one was truly tiny … but by golly, we still shared it with an occasional tour bus, eek. And the speed limits were way over what you could possibly maintain.

There’s absolutely no shoulder on the road so no room to escape. On the left or passenger side, there is usually a rock wall or trees right at the edge of the pavement so no room to wiggle when confronted with the 18 wheeler or tour bus. On a BIG road, one with a center line, the distance from where my left tire begins hitting objects, over to the center stripe, is about the width of our car, just barely including mirrors; on the smaller roads which are more common you just get as far left as possible and wait for contact. I drove in Naples for 100 days and this is just about as exciting … the confrontations are the same, except here there is just a lot less traffic. I actually think the left side of the car was off the ground for a brief period after hitting something … no visible damage to the rental yet though.