There is another thread here about why a direction is included in a holding clearance, it is important that we understand why we do it this way and the friend who crashed into the mountains is why!
Hold south of Bozo VOR on the 182 radial, right turns, 1 minute legs
I agree, holding instructions can be particularly challenging when single pilot.
In my airline we have an E.F. escape route that takes you to the VOR to pick up the hold "325 inbound, LT" - that's all it says. The way I read it first time was to hold on the 325 radial. My colleague read it as holding on the 145 radial with a 325 inbound track.
Whoever is right or wrong, not sure (probably him).. but the instruction is obviously not clear enough if we read it differently.