It took me a while, but I have (almost) finalized my preparations for a brief excursion to some choice Scottish sites.  I fly in to Glasgow on the 29th of August and spend the night there, leaving the next morning to New Lanark where I will spend the evenings of the 30th and 31st (might shorten that stay if possible).  On the 1st of September, I head to Inverness, from where I will travel to Kyle of Lochalsh (actually Plockton, where  might choose to overnight; too little time to make it to Skye) by train on the morning of 2nd Sept., then back to overnight in Inverness (If I decide not to stay in Plockton) and train to Stirling on the 3rd for the conference.

"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne