Trip Type: Self-drive campervan

One lochside night, a gentle walk and time to learn the van. Luss gives this first weekend a clear base close enough for an easy return to Renfrew.

Trade the busiest Highland roads for Melrose’s abbey, the Eildon Hills and Border towns. Pick one proper walk and leave time for a bakery stop and a riverside pitch.

Mull’s harbour towns, Calgary Bay and a passenger-ferry visit to Iona make an island trip with real time outdoors. Five hire days need careful ferry planning; an extra night makes the south-Mull leg easier.

Stay within a compact coastal region and spend the saved driving time in its harbours, cafés and footpaths. Falkland, St Andrews and the East Neuk offer a different Scottish trip from the Highland loops.

Link Perthshire woodland with Aviemore, Grantown and a taste of the Moray coast. Choose a walk and an independent food stop each day, with distillery visits as optional bookings.

Follow the A83 from Inveraray into Kilmartin’s ancient landscape, then finish with Oban’s harbour food. This mainland trip puts archaeology and small-town stops ahead of ferry logistics.

Dunkeld’s riverside paths, a bakery breakfast and Loch Morlich’s beach make this a woodland escape. The final sightseeing day includes the drive south to a Perthshire pitch.

Ayrshire coast, Kirkcudbright and the Galloway forest give this trip three different moods. Dark skies are a bonus when the weather cooperates, with a booked forest base and food planned ahead.

Follow the west coast through Glencoe and Glenfinnan, then take the booked Mallaig ferry to Skye. One main island walk leaves room for coffee, parking and the mainland transfer before handback.

Tarbert’s harbour, Campbeltown and Machrihanish’s beach reward the drive down Kintyre. Give the peninsula proper time, then work north for your final Inveraray night.