Day 3, Ride to Ballater, Scotland

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I’ve had nightmares about this ride, I’ve never ridden on the “wrong” side of the road. Right turns and round-a-bouts are all backwards. Anyone traveling to a country with this odd way of driving knows you can be killed if you don’t learn to look “right” before stepping off the curb, very counter intuitive. Thank goodness we rode on backroads with light traffic so we could practice mastering our skills. I kind of get it now but that right turn ahead is still reason to tense up.

20120827-022201.jpgI think they saw me coming and put up this sign.

20120827-031932.jpgWe stopped for a little refreshment and I ended up getting stung by a wasp that went swimming in my beer and I didn’t look before I drank. I hurt a little but he didn’t live long after I spit him out.

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