Honeymoon - 3 weeks in Scotland - What to do?

[Jack Daw]

I won't tell you where to go, but I have some logistics to consider as you are "hiring" a car:

• Print out and learn the road signs
• Instead of stop lights, Scotland uses roundabouts - give way/yield to the right, as you enter
• In the Highlands, a lot of roads between cities are single lanes, and you will, at times, have an approaching car - the first car that reaches a 'lay-by" on the left turns into it and lets the other car pass (Don't play 'chicken', it upsets the natives)
• There are no guard-rails when driving through the mountains; so, the passengers get to enjoy the view, not the driver (until you pull over into a scenic spot)
• I was in the Highlands for 3 weeks and drove: Go to the "i"s to get information on B&Bs, if you have not already made reservations

Some additional points:
- B&Bs are definitely the way to go, and a 'star' grade is used to rate the quality - a four-star B&B is the cleanest and nicest, if I remember correctly.
- There are right ways and wrong ways to tip. Read up on it.
- If you stay at B&Bs for three weeks, you will eventually need to do laundry: In 2003, laundry mats were scarce in the Highlands, and I sometimes had to coax a B&B manager/owner to let me use their washing machine/dryer. Hotels will let you use their machines, based on my experience.