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

Drawer 02

Island roads

How do you drive a single track without holding anyone up?

2 cards 3 sources

See also domains read in both drawers: Drawer 01, Hiring a car 1 domain; Drawer 03, Ferries and crossings 1 domain; Drawer 04, Seasons and journeys 1 domain

Cards in this drawer

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A single-track road on the Isle of Lewis with a black and white passing place post in the foreground, low afternoon light across flat moorland, a distant loch, shot from a low angle at the roadside.
RD-002

Driving to Harris: The Single Road South from Stornoway

The A859 is the only road link between Lewis and Harris for a hire car. What changes along it, where fuel thins out, and what a first-time driver should do differently once the moor gives way to the Harris hills.

A single-track road on the Isle of Lewis with a black and white passing place post in the foreground, low afternoon light across flat moorland, a distant loch, shot from a low angle at the roadside.
RD-001

Small Bikes, Hire Cars, Island Roads

What a light motorcycle and a hired car learn from the same Lewis road: gradients, wind, single-track passing places and the pace of a small engine.

Sources consulted at this desk

3 sources · 3 domains

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

  1. cne-siar.gov.uk

    • / read for RD-002

  2. calmac.co.uk

    • / read for RD-002

  3. visitscotland.com

    • / read for RD-002, RD-001

The other drawers

3 drawers

  • Hiring a carWhat does a hire agreement in the islands actually commit you to?7 cards
  • Ferries and crossingsHow does a car cross the Minch without losing a day?2 cards
  • Seasons and journeysWhen in the year does a Hebridean journey give you the day you came for?2 cards