Roundabouts almost got me. Shift with the left was okay. But the lack of signs in the Northumberland, argh. History and the Wall and the forts took me over -- and I found the Antonine on my own. Odd, the Falkirk Wheel next to an old Roman wall. Spent much time at Housesteads. Found Neolithic encampment. Amazing. Forgot about fishing.

Now rain is on the beeb, oh my. And I fly on Weds. I'll have to come back, that's all, just come back to the UK. I've driven from Edinburgh to Glasgow, to Falkirk to Jedburgh, down to Newcastle and to the Wall. Down to Leeds and now I'm at the Premiere in the middle of Sheffield. Rough part of town it seems, maybe the whole place is rough, I don't know.

Those bleedin' roundabouts. Had I a case of TNT I'd blow every one to kingdom come.

your faithful on the road Yank, who's shot over 1100 shots,
Flykuni

ps -- my sincerest apologies to all who messaged me and I never got to meet and fish and share a stream and a dram or pint with, preposition be damned.

Housesteads. What a place. I can't get over it. The vallum, the ditch.

I hope you will return,I feel I can show you some serious ancient's and fish along with the stones.

Jim

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Hey Flykuni;

Like you I have my opinions on roundabouts but ask a European what they think of a four way stop! The first time my French wife came up to one it was a trip! She couldn't figure out who had the priority and I had to explain that it was a case of politeness and FIFO (First In First Out) not priority to the right. The traffic lights in the middle of the intersection also freaked her out and the first time she stopped right in the middle of the intersection when she saw the red light. On the other hand she adapted immediately to right hand turn on red and being French decided that a left hand turn on red would be useful as well.

Take care

Terry

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To win or lose it all!"

I struggled with the 4 way stop, couldn't figure it out at all. I found American drivers less aggressive than those in the UK, driving in LA was a lot easier than I had feared. Mind you, I didn't drive in Boston where I'd heard that it was viewed as a no holds barred sport!

Regards

Peter

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http://walksandfishes.blogspot.com/

Farewell Flykuni, we hope to see you back before long. Sheffield is actually one of the friendlier large cities in the UK but this doesn't mean that there are no rough areas.

I have enjoyed driving in the US once I understood the system although I found the low speed limits tiresome on long journeys and especially when sitting in a Mustang. I did come across one roundabout or rotary as I believe you call them down on Cape Cod and it seemed to work OK.

In the UK we have the advantage that most of us have driven in Europe and can cope with driving on the right OK and believe me I have found driving in the US and Canada an absolute joy compared to the delights of the Periphique around Paris, a busy day in Rome or generally getting about in Portugal and Spain and don't even start me on the Middle East!

You've seen some of the sights of Scotland, and a little of the NE of England but there's so much more to see, the beauty of Wales, the Lake District, the Peak District near Sheffield, the Cotswolds, the SW of England and the chalk country of the South and good fishing in all of them. There are many more Roman sites, the castles of the Marches, plus some much older like Stonehenge, Woodhenge, and the Avebury stone circle.

Haste ye back.

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Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

Does he mean us .......................birdsnest

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