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Originally Posted by Conquistador
over 4 or 5 days
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Thinking about this and trying to be brutally honest, you'll need that many days to get there and back!
We've been travelling up to NW Scotland for holidays for about 50 years and while some of the roads have improved (a bit) increased traffic, cameras and the like have just increased journey times.
We always used to allow 2 days to get there and 2 to get back. On the occasions we didn't we were not in a good state at the end of the journey! Getting to Edinburgh/Glasgow is only the start.....
Long ago we gave up (except for special trips, such as in the S8) and just fly to Inverness and pick up a rental car. From there you can get to Ullapool in not much over an hour if you're lucky.
As for the A9 - my thoughts are unprintable! 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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