-Ralph-

Why didn't you come up with this idea last night? We'd still have been drinking whisky and pouring over maps at 5am, and Hazel would have long since given up on the idea of going home and gone to bed!

Yep, maybe a 5 or 6 day tour rather than a four. If you need to take 4 days off work, you may as well take a week and give yourself up to 7 days.

The trip I'd like to do would basically be "follow the sea" in that you stick to the road closest to the sea regardless of how narrow, twisty and detourish it might be, that's how your going to see find the bits of the coast that you you'll be glad you didn't miss.

There would be a LOT of 30 mph limits, but you would just have to approach the trip with the intention of going slow and taking in what you see.

Maybe you could cut it back a bit by starting in Dundee and finishing in Stranraer? Most of us know E Lothian / Fife / East Neuk pretty well already and can ride it anytime we want. Don't often hear of folk doing the Ayrshire coast unless they live over that way though, which is a real shame. Also could replace some sections of "follow the sea" where the minor road is not within view of the sea anyway, ie: such as Buckie to Dornoch with main road and make up some miles.

Could we do it at a time of year when we can see the Northern Lights? I'd love to do that.

Adding in some ferries to get down the West coast would break things up a bit and allow a bit of the Mull of Kintyre, and Arran to be done.