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The Passing PlaceNotes on hiring and driving a car through the Western Isles

Drawer 01

Hiring a car

What does a hire agreement in the islands actually commit you to?

7 cards 6 sources

See also domains read in both drawers: Drawer 02, Island roads 1 domain; Drawer 03, Ferries and crossings 1 domain

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A hire car key on a wooden counter at a small island airport, with a clipboard and a fuel receipt beside it, morning light through a terminal window.
HI-007

What a Lewis Car Hire Agreement Actually Covers

The five clauses that decide what a car hire agreement on the Isle of Lewis actually commits you to: vehicle group, deposit and excess, named driver, fuel policy and the single-track question nobody explains.

A tripod with splayed legs standing on dark peat beside a tussock of molinia, a folded filter holder resting on a flat stone in the foreground, low grey light and a soft horizon behind.
HI-002

Ground Under a Tripod: Field Method

Peat, scree and wet sand decide how a landscape photograph is made. A look at what the ground asks before the shutter opens.

Sources consulted at this desk

6 sources · 6 domains

Each address was read for at least one card; the call number says which.

  1. cne-siar.gov.uk

    • / read for HI-007
  2. gov.uk

  3. hial.co.uk

  4. immigration.go.jp

    • / read for HI-004
  5. japan-guide.com

  6. metoffice.gov.uk

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