Scotland ?

I shall be unavailable for the next 24 hours, as I will be flying to Paris, FR, then to Edinburgh, Scotland.

Yes, I will take pictures, and post them here.

Safe Travels Amigo! 😎 

Walked around a bit last night...not much though, as I had been up for 30+ hours, long flights, then 3+ hours drive from Edinburgh (once I got out of Edinburgh.... finally) to Fort Augustus, or Loch Ness.

A bit scary driving in the LEFT lanes of the road, in a Right hand drive BMW 3 series M sport.

Heck, I figured that if Bruce @brstr could do it in Western Australia, whilst dodging 'roos, then I can do it in Scotland whilst dodging sheep.

Walked around a bit more this morning, seen half the small town of Fort Augustus, had a nice breaky at a quaint cafe', but disappointed that I haven't spotted Nessie....the Loch Ness monster...yet.

Did you at least see the bubbles  Nessie blows?

That's the source  of the monster label...

I found if the steering wheel belongs towards the centre of the road. 

Then it's easy.

With handle bars on a bike I tended to relapse. 

Well until my way foward  became covered in headlights.

Should be following  taillights .

Edit.

How's the weather?  I heard Nessie only comes out on foggy days.  😉 

Just noticed Loch Ness is only 7 hours ahead of Pacific time.  So basically your travels have had you for and aft of the future. 

Scott, or.....great Scot, there is a 7 hours time difference today....but next weekend it will be back to it's regular 8 hours time difference. The UK turned back their clocks a week earlier than the US does.

And the weather is perfect, meaning overcast skies, foggy over Loch Ness, must have rained a bit last night, cool 50 degrees, so.... perfect for my wife and I... exactly what we were expecting and hoping for.

I scanned the lake surface...no bubbles to be seen.

SWMBO & I spent a week driving around Scotland seeing the sights and tracking down her family heritage from Airle (north of Dundee).  We missed Ft Augustus as we traveled north up from Lochgilphead to Inverness as we sidetracked west to Isle Skye to visit the Talisker Distillery.  We took the A87 from Invergarry to Portree and then the A887 to Invermoriston which reconnects to A87 north of Ft. Augustus. We were there in March 2019 and there was snow down to the Lochs (sea level) so it was still pretty cold!  Regardless, I can't wait to return to Scotland and get a nice big bowl of Cullen Skink!

Driving on the "other side" wasn't too bad, but adding in the roundabouts made for some challenging driving.

The worst part for me when I was in South Scotland was that the turn signal lever was on the RH side of the steering column.  Every time I tried to indicate a turn, the windshield wipers came on.

@thane-lewis Looking up to the right for the rear view mirror and only seeing the "A" pillar took some getting used to.  Driving an automatic made it much easier too.  Diesel cars with stick shift transmissions are really common, when you rent a car you have to ask to make sure you get an automatic.  We rented the car at the airport in Manchester and when we told the kid that tooks us out the car we were driving up north as far as Inverness, he was "Inverness!  That's almost 400 miles!!" Hahahaha! I didn't have the hart to tell him we were going south to Cardiff, Wales and meander our way up.  I guess they tend not to wander too far from home over there.  I must say that some of the backroads are quite narrow and with the hedgerows on each side, oncoming traffic can get pretty exciting!   

When I was there we were touring with a band.  Since I was sound/roadie/navigator, I got a Hyundai cargo van.  It was a diesel with manual, thankfully shifter on the floor since I think 5 in the tree would have likely resulted in RTAFs.

Agree with  all the road notations  as stated above.  I had reserved the  smaller  Mercedes-Benz,  with an automatic  transmission,  thinking  it would be  narrow  enough to easily  fit on these skinny  roads. When I get to the  car rental desk, he says no Mercedes-Benz left (again,  it was  the smallest  version) and he puts me in a new BMW 320i, M sport, which is a wide track car, very  low profile tyre's, and....I  am scared.

Yeah, the way they drive up here is nerve wracking,  especially if a lorry or tour bus is coming  at you. So far....less than  24 hours to go....I  haven't  dented the  car, and no noticeable  scratches,  but....I  have very much  ruined those wide track  wheels.  All 4 wheels  now have  scraped edges,,,quite noticeable. 

Gulp !

Today  is the  big decision  day,  a lot riding on  whether or not the  seller of this  flat in  Fort Augustus  accepts any of the  3 different  offers  I have laid on the  table. 

If he says yes, then I  also have a full list of  brand new  furniture  waiting for me to  pay for,  and arrange the  delivery  date. Plus I have a  deal  worked on a 2021 Subaru XV Premium,  less than  20k miles on it, all negotiations  have been  agreed to,  so IF the seller of the  flat accepts one of my offers, then I  need to  drive to the  Subaru dealer  and complete that  deal and pay for the  car.

A lot is riding on  what the  seller  decides,  and...when he announces his decision. 

Lets hope it all flows the way you want it to; just that first Domino needs to fall. If it all goes through you can both have a cruise round some of the area for awhile and catch your breath.

When i was in UK i had a Renault Scenic Minivan perfect for narrow roads and seeing across hedges.

Good luck to you both, be safe =)

Perhaps I should ship the Fiat there?

Little sucker is no more than  1.5 meters wide?

Hope the wheeling and dealing works out.

Well whilst the rest of you were sleeping,  I had a nervous day,  but accomplished everything I wanted and needed to do,  before  Noon, in the Land of  Scots.

I had to  sidestep my  assigned  "solicitor ", and he was not happy  about that,  but I am the one on a short time line,  whilst the two Solicitors wanted to play patty cake with one another.  Sometimes you need to think, and act, outside the usual  box of how  things are done....dang it.

Bottom line...between  myself and the  seller,  we got the  deal done. It proves the  old adage,  two Doctors  are smarter than a  room full of  Lawyers, or Solicitors  in this case. 

Okay,  I  was already  at the  Subaru dealer working  my deal there, whilst  also  emailing  back and forth with the  flat seller,  and my unhappy  solicitor,  when cooler heads agreed  that we have an agreement on purchasing the flat,  the apartment  in the  Old Benedictine Abbey. 

Great,  now I  complete my deal with the  Subaru dealer,  and finish  that  transaction. 

Then I  contacted the furniture store,  conclude my purchase with them. It will all be delivered  at a future  date.

Whew....what a morning,