Get one of those maps that shows where each whisky comes from. Some also give tasting notes so you can tailor your visits to the distilleries that most pique your palate.

I am not fond of Oban Malt, and the last time I was in Oban in a holiday season it seemed to be full of drunken Scousers whose idea of hilarity was to kick a dustbin over.

Two friends and I drove up the West coast, across the top, and down the East in a week - drive, go to town, ask police where we could camp without causing trouble, imbibe local spirit, move on next day. But that was in the 70s.