Why? Weren't you just there? Why not go somewhere else?
Well, ever since I went camping and hiking around Glencoe back in 1997, I have wanted to go back again, but I kept thinking I had been to the UK too often already, plus had no one to travel with who could actually afford such a trip. All the Harry Potter films having location scenery so obviously in Glencoe and surrounding areas sure haven't helped the longing, and neither did getting sucked in to Monarch of the Glen reruns on BBC America over Christmas 2003! So anyway, being so close but yet so far last year when we were only in Edinburgh on tour wouldn't let me shut up about going back to Scotland, so
Here is our itinerary:
Friday, Sept 2nd: leave San Francisco for Heathrow via Virgin Atlantic
Saturday, Sept 3rd: arrive in Edinburgh via BMI domestic airline
Sunday, Sept 4th: Edinburgh (Clarendon Hotel)
Monday, Sept 5th: drive to Torridon, Scottish Highlands, near the Isle of Skye
Tuesday, Sept 6th: Torridon (Ben Damph Lodge)
Wednesday, Sept 7th: drive to Glencoe (Macdonald Hotel in Kinlochleven)
Thursday, Sept 8th: tackle Ben Nevis!
Friday, Sept 9th: Glencoe
Saturday, Sept 10th: drive to Cumbria, Lake District (The Snooty Fox Country Inn!)
Sunday, Sept 11th: Lake District
Monday, Sept 12th: drive to London (Holiday Villa Hotel, Bayswater)
Tuesday, Sept 13th: Guys & Dolls starring Ewan McGregor! :D
Wednesday, Sept 14th - Sunday, Sept 18th: more London sightseeing, using a 3-day London Pass
Sunday, Sept 18th: leave Heathrow for San Francisco via Virgin Atlantic