birky, thanks for the confirmation about the 6 day trial, we are definitely going on the 29th so we will be fine, all we need now is one of those early may high pressures we seem to get on the west coast. ive lived in islay for 13 years now so i know that the first week in may is actually the middle of summer haha.
tomd, we will definitely be walking the horrible bit, i agree with you about the sponsoring issue. i think even if i was doing it for fun i would still want to do the whole thing tbh, but not everybody will agree with that so dmoffitt`s shout about the boat will be good information for some people who might be reading this!
from what ive read in the links and from what you all say i think we`ll stay at kingshouse the first night, im going to book that up asap to avoid disappointment. i dont fancy going any further than that on the first day, espescially on my enduro!!