Driving these roads brings back memories of a bye-gone era but requires thought and concentration. There are usually plenty of passing places and these are, marked with a sign, but unless you want to make yourself very unpopular, remember that these are passing and not parking places.
The trick on single track roads is to drive with a combination of consideration and assertiveness. In an ideal world, vehicles approaching one another should adjust their speeds so as to meet at a passing place. That way neither waits for the other, and both proceed at best speed.
Bear in mind that if the passing place is on the right and you reach it first, stop on the left side of the road opposite the passing place: Don't be tempted into pulling across to the right.
Don't let your concentration on what's coming the other way stop you keeping a close watch on your mirror. If someone comes up behind you, they're travelling the road faster than you are. You should use a passing place to pull over and let them through. This is more than simple courtesy, some of the the road signs emphasise this point.
The majority of single track roads are unfenced and you will therefore find sheep and cattle at the side and on the road. Take particular care if
you see a sheep on one side of the road and a lamb on the other. Nine times out of ten the lamb will run across the road to join its mother!
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