In reply to Bobling:
Thanks for that.
I agree completely. Wilderness, or at the very least the illusion of it, is to be found in abundance in Scotland. Okay maybe you aren't 100 miles from a road and ultimately the landscape is a managed manufactured thing but my goodness can you find peace, solitude, quiet, beauty etc etc. Dark skies anyone??. In my opinion the Highlands offer one of the best wilderness experiences to be found in Europe.