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Itinerary problem - how to split days for Glencoe / Skye / Edinburgh?

Hi all!
I'm planning an 11-day road trip+city in Scotland and trying to keep it balanced (not too rushed).
Main focus: Glencoe + Skye, plus a bit of Highlands and Edinburgh.
I’m wondering whether it’s worth doing 1 vs 2 days in Inverness/Highlands, or if that would make things too packed.

It is updated version of my initial plan. Current plan:
Day 0 Edinburgh → pick up car late afternoon → drive to Doune Overnight: Doune
Day 1 Drive to Glencoe (Lost Valley in the morning, Glen Etive, some stops on the road) Overnight: Fort William
Day 2 Fort William → Skye (Glenfinnan Viaduct for Jacobite train view, Drive via A87 (Loch Cluanie / Glen Shiel), Eilean Donan Castle) Overnight: Isle of Skye
Skye (3 days)
Day 3 – North Skye (Old Man of Storr, Quiraing, Kilt Rock, Fairy Glen, Portree) Overnight: Isle of Skye
Day 4 – West Skye (Fairy Pools, Talisker Bay or Glenbrittle, Cuillin views) Overnight: Isle of Skye
Day 5 – Flexible Skye day, Weather dependent (Option A: Elgol + coast, Option B: revisit best spots + Move to INVERNESS along Loch ness) Overnight: Inverness
Day 6 Inverness-> Glasgow (drive through Cairngorms short way, with stop at Queen's view and maybe Pitlorchy) Overnight: Glasgow
Days 7-11 Glasgow/ Edinburgh depend of acommodation

Alternative:
1 day cut from Skye and 2 nights in Inverness, then rides around Loch Ness for Urqhuart castle, Glen Affric, Dog Falls etc.
Main question
Would you recommend:
Option A: 1 day Inverness (simpler, less driving)
Option B: 2 days Inverness (more variety, but more travel)

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We did a similar trip last September
Day 2 I would stop at Glenfinnan (make sure you are there early) and drive to Mallaig and take the ferry to Armadale. You might have time to do the Fairy pools. 3 days on Skye was good, 4 might have been better. Neist Point is another great hike.
For the Trotternish peninsula tour, be there early 7am if you can, we did it counter clockwise and it worked out great.
On the way to Inverness stop at Eilleen Donan Castle. 1 night in Inverness is enough. I would have preferred to have more time in Glencoe for more hiking.