geez, non sequitor here, but has anyone else seen that Herzog documentary from 2005, Grizzly Man? About that (imo) nutbar who would go live with the bears way up in Alaska or somewhere and film them, and ended up being killed along with his girlfriend....
I found it interesting, but scary, and man, what a flakey nut that guy was.....
back to route ideas. It's interesting to think of what to suggest to someone coming from Australia, of what areas are worth seeing and would be very different than Australia and perhaps parts of Europe that they have already seen.
Greg, I plan to do the same as you , asking on a British cycling forum about route ideas of going up to Scotland. Might do this trip one day to visit family in N Scotland, so plan to get ideas from Brit riders just as you are doing here.