No Left Or Right

Lawnmarket

In Edinburgh, we can find little evidence of left or right. No, we’re not talking about the political kind. We are talking about the kind of left and right that we run into, most literally, on a daily basis. Unlike in the US where pedestrians are largely rule abiding, walking on the right of the sidewalk just as cars drive on the right side of the road.

Here, it is crazy random; anything goes. Be it a busy sidewalk in the city, a paved pathway, or a trail in the hills, it is the same. No one keeps to the left side or the right side. People on foot coming at you from from all sides and directions. People in front of you scattered randomly across the entire width of the pavement blocking your progress. Oh, the lawless tyranny of it all. Buck up, it is their country, customs, and habits. Have been learning to cope and adapt. Another benefit of vacation travel.