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Jock gives good advice and it might be useful here to tell you a bit about single track roads, which you might well have never encountered before, and the etiquette involved.

Single track roads are only wide enough for one car to travel on them at a time. They are however provided with frequent 'passing places' which are short sections of wider road, resembling lay-bys. They are not however lay-bys, and using them as such could impede the flow of traffic. The roads are usually quiet enough however that stopping to take a photograph or two will not cause any issues.

If you need to let a car behind you overtake, or you meet another car head-on, you should use the nearest passing place. If the passing place is on the left side of the road, simply pull in to it. If however the passing place is on the right side of the road, you should stop opposite it. The basic rule here is keep left!

If you meet someone head-on, it is usual for the car which is closest to a passing place to reverse back to it.

You will also find that when cars pass, it is courtesy that both drivers give a small 'wave' to say "thanks". This wave might be nothing more than the raising of a finger or three from the rim of the steering wheel, but it will be there none the less. Cars passing from behind may give a friendly toot on the horn or a flash of their hazard lights.

Don't be afraid to try driving on these roads, we have a habit of hiding some of the best bits of our scenery along them