When touring I prepare a detailed tulip contour route in advance. We also run the sat nav in case of delays, but where we go and the times we travel, the roads are mostly empty.
We do two versions of touring. One as Alistair suggested where driving is minimal and staying over is extended for long hikes.
The second is a proper road trip, where there are full days driving and minimal stopover time. Our indulgence is a proper evening meal with wine where we stop. No roughing it.
To do this properly, especially in the Highlands takes a lot of time and proper planning to avoid having a one night gap in the middle.
The other thing I find on the way back from the Highlands....it's an eight hour blast. When we come back in one go, I wish we'd stopped somewhere. When we stop somewhere, I wish we'd carried on home.
