Britrail pass?

[Jack Daw]

If your driving in the Highlands on single-track roads, remember to pull into the layby ON THE LEFT! Roundabouts go clockwise, giving way (yielding) to traffic on the RIGHT. Also, upon entering the roundabout, remember to quickly find the lane that will spit you out on the road that you want. Print off the British road signs from the Internet and memorize them - they're not difficult.

[Pleater]

We just bought a sat nav thingy and downloaded the 'Yoda' voice - I find the syntax of it easier to follow - something to do with my slight dyslexia I think.

On the screen it shows the way around roundabouts, reminding which way to go, and on motorways it advises verbally on which side of it to be on to be able to take the correct lane where there are divisions rather than simple turnoffs.

Having only used it once, on a familiar route, my experience is not great, but I think that in unfamiliar terretory it will be most useful. Particularly now my eyesight makes map reading tiresome.

With trains, if you can chose your time to travel and buy in advance there are great savings to be made over the 'buy on the day' fares and travel anytime passes. It might take a bit of detective work and forward planning but there are sometimes rediculously low fares to be found with some careful sifting of information.

Anne the Pleater