Routes around the Highlands

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We're off to the Highlands for our summer holiday this year. We've already booked a cottage near Loch Ness for the first week. At the moment, a rough plan for the second week is to spend a few days drivng around the Highlands and then stop at Fort William for a couple of days before heading home.

We're after fantastic scenary, good driving roads and places of interest to visit.

Question is....does the following sound like a reasonable route around the Highlands during our 2nd week, and how many days should we take to do it?
Head north from Inverness
up the east coast to John o'Groats
along the north coast to Durness
down the west coast to Ullapool
down to Skye
and then on to Fort William

Or would we be better inland rather than trying to follow the coast?

Any advice/recommendations greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Neil

[rocket]

Folks, thanks for all the advice. I'll definitely be trying to incorporate some of these routes and places into the trip.

Steve, will be driving a silver Monaro (see profile pic) and will definitely be covering some of your route. Look out for us July/August time.

Cheers,

Neil