[Itinerary Page]The Daily Diary of a Wandering Restaurateur
Edinburgh to Inverness
Time to
hit the road so it was back out to the airport to pick up a rental car for the rest of our
time here. Normally a manual transmission is fine, but with a right hand drive car, that
means shifting with the left hand. There is enough to do just to keep remembering which way I
am supposed to be going and adding the gear-shifting confusion was more coordination than I
wanted to deal with this time, so I had reserved a car with an automatic transmission.
You know how renting a car can often hinge on the luck of the draw -- sometimes you just get what you asked for and sometimes they don't have it and give you an upgrade. Well this time we won -- I rented a Vauxhall and got a Jaguar! I am still trying to figure out all the controls and switches but it is a very comfortable ride!
About three hours later we pulled into Inverness, got settled in our B&B and headed off to explore the town a bit. After starting out in dense fog in Edinburgh, Inverness greeted us with a perfect spring day and we wanted to take full advantage while we could.
After an early dinner and a grocery run, Margene settled in with a new book and I tried to get caught up on e-mail and the trip reports. At least we have wi-fi here to make it all a little easier. When the only option was dial-up, it was a LOT harder.
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