Well, just got back chaps... decided to take the cossie for a pure driving break and basically followed this route:

M74 up to M8 then A82 to Loch Lomond, then headed further up the A82 past Crainlarich and through black mount past Ben Nevis etc...
This takes you into possibly the most humbling area of the world you are likely to see... Its called "Glen Coe" and is simply breathtaking

From Glen Coe you come to Loch Linnie and progress north up the A82 to Fort william where its easy to stop, refuel your car and eat, so we did. Then its north and past Loch Lochy and onto Fort Augusta at the foot of the famous Loch Ness. Loch ness was my aim for the days driving as we set off from Manchester and had been in the cossie for neigh on 9hrs solid so we stayed and ate at a place called Urquart... dissapointing food and room for the price (£150 the night) the whole place seemed to be existing purely from the legend of nessie and even had a rather silly plastic monster in the car park

Awoke next day and headed further North to Inverness at the very top of Loch ness to do some shopping. Ended up buying a bloody laptop to keep me amused in the hotels

From there we made the decision not to do the A9 (Sorry Rudey) as we were told it was littered with speed traps So we went across the A835 westerly and then down the west coast... so far this rates as possibly the best road ive ever driven on.. it was like being on a foreighn island

Headed across the A832 down the coast road to a place called Gairloch to see if there was any whale/seal boat trips available but all were fully booked so jumped in the car and drove further down the west coast using the A896 through Beinn Eighe and down to Balmachara at Loch Alsh where we decided it was wise to eat as we hadnt seen any humans or buildings for about 2hrs

Took the A87 through Five sisters and joined back up with the A82 at Fort William again... now headed back south..

Stayed in the Loch Leven Hotel, great room, nice beer and outsanding bedroom view and then awoke to make the final drive home... pretty much recounting the first portion of this story backwards.. starting with "Glen Coe"

As driving breaks go.. if your serious about your driving and your sure your motors up to it, then i dont believe there is ANYWHERE on this island we live upon that can even come close to a tour of Scotland.... the car was on both its own and my own limits for a lot of the way when the mood took me and the scenery changes so often and is so impressive, that 5hours in the driving seat is honestly and genuinely comparable to around 1.5 hours of the M6. I truly was shocked at how time could fly by without any boredom at all. I was happy to get back in and do another few hours A decent cossie is a good way to do this trip but id like to try something a bit more stable in wet sharp bends, like a lancer for example.. in fact, one day i will.

A few pics:
Anyone recognise this chap? The only Cossie i saw!!


Loch Lommond Sign:


Loch Lommond as we cruise by:


And its cruise boat:


Ben Nevis area:


Loch Ness silly monster:


The road across to teh west coast: Just asking for 32psi and a case of fresh underwear...








The West Coast:






WTF??!!?? Military perhaps???


Stopped to eat.. this is the restaurant view:


Hotel room and view:






Our Trusty Steed for the journey:





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Wanted to asses closed loop on these new injectors too so a few figures were calculated. Maybe usefull for anyone considering the drive:
Total Miles covered: 1256
Fuel consumed: £205 (46.24gals)
MPG Average: 27.1mpg. (total journey)
MPG Best: 34.7mpg (Cruising M6 home at 70mph)
MPG worst: N/A
Oil consumed: 0.2litres. (Max to 2mm below max)


BIG UP Scotland and all the fine fine people i met there