Callander to Mull - via Glencoe

We left Callander after breakfast and headed west. Our final destination: Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. To get there we drove through Glencoe, an area of rugged beauty and the site of a terrible massacre in 1692. We took two car ferries to reach Mull, landing at Fishnish. We were earlier than expected, so we decided to stop and see Duart Castle nearby. This castle belongs to the Clan MacLean and daughter Amanda has a friend by that name. I had heard that the current Chief of the Clan sometimes can be found at the castle in summertime, so I asked an employee if Sir Lachlan MacLean was at the castle. When she replied that he was, I told her about our daughter's friend and asked if Sir Lachlan would sign my souvenir guide of the castle so I could pass it along to her. She took the book and went looking for him while we toured the castle and when we came back, Sir Lachlan himself came up to meet us and chatted awhile. He was very gracious and signed the book for us with a personal note too. We then headed for Tobermory. I had been thinking the last couple of days about how much easier it was to drive the roads in Scotland, but then...we went...to...Mull. Practically all the roads on this island are single track roads. This means there is literally room for just one car on the road and there is a "passing space" every so often where it's wide enough for one car to pass another heading the opposite direction. If you see another car coming, the protocol is to pull in to the nearest passing space on your side of the road until the other car has squeaked past you. This is absolutely nerve-wracking to drive, for driver and passenger. We drove around the west side of the island the next day, despite the terrible roads and were rewarded with great scenery and adrenaline-pumping road encounters. It's funny because Alan, our B&B host said that the single track roads were perfect for Americans because you didn't have to worry about which side of the road to drive on, you had no choice but to stay in the middle. ;)