Off the Map

Our trek from Edinburgh out into the country went something like this:

Take Big Highway 1 away from the city.
Exit onto two-lane country lane and continue driving.
Turn off of two-lane country lane and onto one-lane (but two-way) road.
Notice pull-outs for passing. Pray prior to blind corners.
At tiny village #42, turn onto a different one-lane-but-two-way road.
When the hedge stops, look on your right for a gate.
Go through the gate and over two cattle guards* on semi-paved road.
Go through another gate and turn left.
Open the barnyard gate, being careful not to let any sheep loose.
Drive up the dirt path to the cottage.

*Directions did not indicate that one cattle guard had been removed due to heavy machinery on the road. In the dark, we searched for cattle gate #2 only to see it sitting next to the road in the light the next day.

Here's what the GPS looked like as we came up the road with the cattle guards:

After the stress of getting out of Edinburgh's city center, stopping at two liquor stores and a grocery, and losing all daylight at 4 PM, we arrived at the cottage at 6 PM to find a fireplace set for a fire as well as other lovely signs of (temporary) home. Here are some pictures of the roads leading up to the place that we took in the following days