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We will be in Scotland for @10 days in September, landing in Edinburgh and Leaving from Glasgow. Our current plan is:
Day 1 - arrival, staying in Edinburgh (not sure where yet)
Day 2 - Edinburgh
Day 3 - pick up rental car in city and go to Bowhill for Highland Games before going to Stirling (Castlecroft Bed and Breakfast)
Day 4 - Stirling
Day 5 - leave Stirling for Tarbert (Stonefield Castle).
Day 6 - Tarbert, Isle of Arran
Day 7 - to Glen Coe(no place to stay yet)
Day 8 - to Loch Lomand and The Trossachs
Day 9 - Glasgow (no place to stay yet.
Day 10 - leave from Glasgow.

Glasgow gets short shrift but maybe next time. Should I cut out Glen Coe and do two days around Loch Lomand? Or cut out LL and stop on our way to Glasgow from Glen Coe?

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Your itinerary is beginning to sound a bit like a tick exercise. Glencoe is very much the outlier on the itinerary and the ‘wrong’ way. It is a long way to drive just to turn round the following day. I would scrap this.

I’m also wondering if it would work better the other way round?

DAY 3
What time is the Bowhill Highland Games? Bowhill is in the Borders, south of Edinburgh and I was wondering if it would make sense to then head to Ardrossan for the late ferry to Aran. Spend 2 nights on Aran. Which will give a day and a half to explore the island.

Day 5
Catch the ferry from Aran to Tarbert for the overnight at Stonefield Castle (I assume the attraction of Tarbert is the stop at a castle?)

Day 6
Head to Stirling. Drive alongside Loch Lomond on the way and stop at Luss. Spend 3 nights in Stirling. Day 7 spend around Stirling. Day 8 do a day trip to Calandar and the Trossachs.

Day 9 Head to Glasgow for two nights.

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