I've just had three weeks of driving on the 'wrong side' in AB and BC (not, by any means, my first experience, but certainly the longest at one stretch), and I have to say I prefer it to the left. I loved the uncluttered, empty roads, the courteous manner in which the Canadians behave on the road, and I thought the four-way stops are a brilliant way of dealing with junctions. It's a shame the UK didn't opt for driving on the right when it would still have been possible to convert (as Sweden did in the mid-60s).

Charmion, by sticking close to our south coast, you are missing huge tracts of some of the UK's finest scenery (not to mention people) in the northern half of the country. Contrary to what our beloved politicians would have you believe, the world doth not end at Watford Gap.

IMHO, YMMV.