> 2 days in the Lake District
> 1 day at Loch Lomond
> 1 day at Loch Ness
> 6 days at Orkney
> 1 day in Aviemore
> 2 days in Edinburgh
> 1 day in Newcastle
> 3 weeks getting back to normal
> 4 months wanting to move up there

you're going to Orkney in September - are you mad?! ;)

hope you don't get sea-sick............!

I'll e-mail you off-list (if I remember) some recommendations (stones and pudding establishments) for Edinburgh, Aviemore, Loch Lomond and Loch Ness

Cheers
Andy S