Ok,
Generally sunrise is at 8:20 am and sunset 4:20 ish. If you imagine a clock with 12 as north, sunrise is about where 4 is and sunset about the 8. This will impact on what we can shoot, as will the fact the sun wont get above 15 degrees above the horizon. It does mean lots of lovely side-light and plenty of shadows!
Day 1 : Saturday
Arrive in Edinburgh
Shoot Edinburgh Street, and an Edinburgh sunset
Have meal
Leave for and wild camp at Glenetive (Edi to Glenetive: 114 miles – about 2 hours 51 mins)
Don't know about Edi having never been there so can't comment on this one
DAY 2: Sunday
Wake in Glenetive, shoot Buachaille Etive Mor
Shoot Glencoe
Take in Sunset in Glencoe
Needs to be the other way round maybe? Sunset will be straight down Loch Etive Sunrise is almost straight down Glencoe at this time of year
DAY 3: Monday
* Wake in Elgol. Good visibility is a must, or a wasted waypoint. One of the most epic scenes in Scotland, IF visibility is good.
* Once finished in Elgol, we aim for "The Quiraing, near Staffin". The route will be littered with fantastic scenery, and as a result, we will do a lot of stopping.
* Shoot the last of the days light at The Quiraing.
* Head for Eileen Donan Castle, for a good nights sleep!
Elgol will be sweet for sunrise as the sun will be hitting the Cuillins over the bay directly almost. However, sunset at Quiraing will be a bit of a non-starter I think as the sun will be behind us directly. Glenbrittle would be good to get the other side of the Cuillins at sunset or Dunvegan is another alternative. Nice castle and the sun should be coming down the loch at sunset. And there's always the Coral Beaches if you're feeling brave!
DAY 4
* Wake at Eileen Donan Castle. Hope for good light, sun behind us I think.
* Head for the "Pass of the Cattle" (Bealach na Ba)
* Head for Applecross Beach.
* Head for Upper Loch Torridon, avoiding Bealach na Ba, once is enough!
DAY 5
* We wake for sunrise over Upper Loch Torridon.
* We head to Torridon and Liathac and see if we can make good of a lower viewpoint
* After we have taken in Torridon, we make the long drive to Stac Pollaidh (and in fact: Loch Lurgainn), via Ullapool. We should arrive with ample time to catch the last of the days light.
Days 5 & 6 all good IMHO!
DAY 6
* We spend the morning taking more shots of Stac Pollaidh, before leaving for Achmelvic for some coastal scenery.
* We head to Quinag (and Loch Assynt) for some photos
* Once finished at Quinag (Assynt), we make the trip to Durness and take in any scenery on route.
* We shoot the sunset in Durness.
* Spend the remainder of the night in Durness.
I think sunset in Durness is gonna be a bit of a non starter due to angle of sun. Might be better off heading back south towards Ft William again. I might suggest Loch arkaig. Crazy drive but beautiful place
All Arkaig
DAY 7
Sunrise at Loch arkaig?
This all my humble opinion of course and should be taken with a hefty pinch of salt!
Plans always change cos of the weather but between us all we should have some good ideas of great places and couple that with a sun compass and we cant go wrong? can we?
