Eddie I'm blown away by this, thank you so much for your detailed help! I'm going to immerse myself in a bit of research and report back with a plan of attack when I've looked at maps/places/forecasts.... I'm driving on this occasion so I'll make a note of the places Rich should be keeping his eye out for.

Those pics you linked to are stunning, I can see why they might act as a great source of inspiration. I 'did' Eilean Donan on my trip early last year to Skye, although admittedly the light wasn't fantastic and I think I could do it better now, but if we're swinging by the area and the light is interesting it'd be worth jumping out for a quick half hour. At the time I took it I was relatively happy with my panorama of the place: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/full.php?member&image_id=1652561

Thanks again, I think we now have easily enough ideas, it'll just be cherrypicking the best and cramming them into a full 2-day schedule... west coast is looking a general favourite though =)

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