Ok I have been wanting to do this tour for a few years now, there have been various and numerous reasons for it not coming to fruition in the past, but this year I am going to pull out all the stops to make it reality. No date set yet but I have got the itinerary mapped out. Some days will be short hops and I will use these days to either tour locally or detour from the route or just relax and walk around at the days destination, but also I will be affected by ferry timetables, and I like a social and a lie in, I am after all on holiday , so no early ferries or early starts.
If anyone has done similar and or has any tips,suggestions or opinions to pass on, please feel free.
I should mention that i`m not a novice 2 wheel tourer having done several European trips in the past.
Routes, mileage and times, courtesy of Google maps
Day 1… Saturday. Scenic route Manchester to Inverkip, wemyss bay . 259mls – 5h16
Day 2. Wemyss bay to Tarbert . 42mls – 3h00 (island hopping)
Day 3. Tarbert to Oban. 50mls – 1h15
Day 4. Oban to Lochboisdale (North Uist) 6h00 ferry
Day 5. Lochboisdale to Stornoway. 116mls – 5h00
Day 6. Stornoway to Portree, Skye. 81mls – 3h49
Day 7. Portree to Inverness. 113mls – 2h40
Day 8. Inverness to Berwick on Tweed. 220mls – 4h00
Day 9. Berwick to Manchester. 212mls – 4h00

Fingers crossed for no distractions this time ( births, deaths, marriages or illness)

Glyn

Sounds good Glyn. You've come up with somewhere I'd never heard of - Inverkip. Sounds like a great place for a lie-in! Hope you make it and enjoy yourself.

Road up Kintyre to Oban is great did that ferry hop to Wemyiss bay other way around