Nothing is any more frightening than driving up the Rock of Gibraltar, but a close second is the road over the Conor Pass from Castlegregory to Dingle, Ireland. The photos above are of the summit where there is a cairn. A cairn is a pile of stones placed one at a time by pilgrims. This one is up a fairly steep slope.
So, we made it to the top in our rented Nissan Sentra with steering wheel on the right. When I put my hand in my pocket to get the key to drive to Dingle I discovered the key to our bedroom at the B&B in Castlegregory. A lesser man would have just kept it, but I felt compelled to drive back down and return it. I was terrified on the way up and the way down was no better. It is a one lane road with a steep drop off. When a lorry approaches you have to remember to go to the left side of it because, you see, people drive on the left. Then, after returning the key, you get to drive it again.
I was unable to take a photo of the actual road as my hands were glued to the steering wheel, so I will see if I can post one copied from the internet.
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