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Pitlochry is a beautiful town. The damn and fish ladder was neat to see. I enjoyed Edradour as well. Love the whiskey.

I'm glad that I wasn't the only one! I had no problems in the countryside or small towns but I wouldn't have ventured into Edinburgh/Glasgow since decisions have to be made so much faster. Roundabouts were no problem at all.

The first time on the wrong side of the road everyone bumps a curb whether they admit or not.

Driving in Glasgow was very intense and required full concentration. As do the busy motorways around London.

To me, more importantly, remembering which direction to look first when stepping off the curb was paramount!

Kaywoodie on our first trip I would not let me wife cross the road until I told her to. Two near misses with a cab in Edinburgh brought that into affect.

Wife and in-laws have been a number of times in last handful of years, all were done differently. Used Go Ahead Tours, used time-share (no tour), used CIE Tours, and last trip was on an Episcopal church retreat.

The time-share was a self planned, go where you want, do what you want trip. Planning travel routes and driving yourself along tiny narrow roads is an eye opener. The CIE Tours was with a small group and was well liked. Having someone else drive you around is a plus, and the CIE tour allows ample free time to break from the group and see things you'd like. The retreat was not a tour, but was fixed at one location.

My wife really liked the trip through CIE Tours. She covered all the bases through CIE and enjoyed that trip. That tour group started the trip in Glasgow, and the biggest issue for my wife was the time change and jet lag. If done over again, she would have preferred to arrange her arrival a day ahead of the group to have more time to adjust and look around. A veteran traveler to Scotland within the tour group did just that and it worked well for that person. They coordinated to arrive a day ahead of the tour, got their own lift to the hotel, and had a full day at the hotel ahead of the group.

Hope this helps

kaywoodie: I understand that...when the airline I flew for first started flying to London, a friend for got that on his first trip....stepped off curb and went flying through the air...he spent quite a time with a cast on his leg...the rest of us learned from his mistake. When we did Dublin I had to hold my wife's hand each and every crossing to make sure she did not follow in his footsteps.

Thanks for all the replies guys! Keep any ideas coming! We appreciate them.