Tootler, I believe the lane to which Jerry is referring is what we call the slow lane.

I realised that, which was the point of my post - an attempt at humour which clearly fell flat. I live in the UK and we drive on the left, so the slow lane is the leftmost lane.

The second statement in my post was a poor attempt at a pun as our smallest roads are generally called lanes.

The point is, if you want to see the best of the countryside here, it is usually a good idea to get off the main roads and into the lanes.

Geoff in Middlesbrough, UK