B: FAIR ENOUGH YES YEAH I LIKE UH IT WAS STRANGE FOR ME TO HIRE A CAR SO FAR IN ADVANCE

A: <COUGH>

B: BUT ALSO LIKE IF SHE'S WILLING TO DO IT THAT'S THAT'S FINE THAT'S LIKE I DON'T WANNA PUT IT ON MY CREDIT CARD FOR TWO MONTHS <LAUGH>

A: YEAH I THINK WE CAN JUST ASK HER TO DO IT SHE I'M SURE SHE'LL BE FINE WITH THAT UH SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE WHAT UH HOW MANY DRIVERS YOU WANT TO ADD AND WHAT'S THE PRICE DIFFERENCE BUT I GUESS THE THE THING YOU COULD DO IS JUST TO SEND HER THE LINK AND

B: MM HMM

A: MAYBE TO SUGGEST WHICH CAR YOU THINK IS GOOD

B: WHICH CAR YEAH WHAT SIZE

A: YEAH YEAH

B: IT'S KIND OF IT'S A SHAME THAT IT'S SO UNPREDICTABLE IF THEY'RE GONNA UM UPGRADE YOU OR NOT

A: MM

B: 'CAUSE QUITE OFTEN THEY DO AND THEN THE CARS ARE SUPER GREAT AND THE PRICE DIFFERENCES ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY LARGE

A: YEAH WELL I GUESS FOR FOR ONE DAY OR FOR TWO DAYS IT'S ONE THING BUT I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO

B: MM GOOD POINT NOT FOR A WEEK

A: WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO IT YEAH IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'LL GET UPGRADED FOR A WEEK IF WE ACTUALLY DON'T BOOK THAT NOW

B: THAT'S TRUE YEAH NOW YOU MAKE THE POINT I NEVER RENTED A CAR FOR THIS LONG BEFORE

A: YEAH I DON'T KNOW

B: MAYBE A FIRST WE'RE GONNA MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE CAR OKAY NEVER MIND UM

A: OH BUT BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS DO YOU DO YOU WANT TO BE A DRIVER OR WOULD YOU RATHER LIKE TWO OF THEM BE DRIVERS OR SOMETHING ELSE I DON'T KNOW OR YOU DON'T CARE ABSOLUTELY

B: I DON'T CARE I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD HOW WELL THEY DRIVE

A: MY FRIEND DRIVES PRETTY WELL I THINK SHE GREW SHE SHE GREW UP IN SOME MOUNTAINY AREA WHICH IS UH YEAH

B: OH THEN THAT'S PERFECT

A: YEAH YEAH

B: UM I AM TOTALLY FINE WITH DRIVING AND I HAVE DRIVEN IN SCOTLAND BEFORE SO YOU KNOW I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT I'M NOT THE BEST DRIVER EVER 'CAUSE I'M LIKE DRIVING REALLY SAFE

A: I THINK YOU'RE FINE YEAH

B: YEAH OKAY

A: I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

B: <LAUGH> THERE'S ONE TIME I DROVE A VAN AT NIGHT WITH NO LIGHTS

A: WITH NO WHAT

B: NO LIGHTS I THINK SO I THINK I HAD NO LIGHTS

A: OH I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS NO LIGHTS

B: UM FOR MY BIRTHDAY UM YOU KNOW

A: YES

B: UM <DTMF>

A: YES

B: YEAH THAT TIME

A: <LAUGH>

B: YEAH I I LIKE DRIVING I WILL BE I'LL BE ACTUALLY YES I WOULD PREFER YEAH I WANNA BE A DRIVER BECAUSE IF IT'S REALLY BAD UM REALLY BAD WITH NAUSEA

A: MM HMM OKAY

B: I WANNA BE ABLE TO DRIVE

A: OKAY MAYBE JUST ME I MENTIONED ALL THAT IN THE

B: YEAH I'LL TELL HER I'LL TELL HER

A: SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY SET AND UH WE NEED TO TO TO DEVELOP THE ROUTE I MEAN IT'S HONESTLY IT'S MOSTLY JUST ON US RIGHT LIKE BECAUSE THEY THEY DON'T KNOW

B: MM HMM

A: ALMOST ANYTHING IN SCOTLAND SO WHATEVER

B: YEAH I KNOW

A: IF YOU HAVE ANY I I I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO CHECK LIKE WHAT EXACTLY I WANT TO DO BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME GOOD HIKES IN THE NORTH I THINK YOU KNOW THE MORE WE SPEND TIME IN THE NORTH THE BETTER IT IS FOR ME UH

B: SORRY I JUST WANTED TO ACCESS THE THE SHEET GOOGLE SHEETS THAT THEY SHARED BUT

A: ALL RIGHT YEAH OKAY LET'S DO THAT

B: I DON'T HAVE

A: DID YOU GET ACCESS TO THAT

B: AN ACCESS TO THAT NO

A: YOU DO OKAY THAT'S GREAT

B: NO I DO NOT I DO NOT

A: OH OKAY UH ALL RIGHT LET ME SEE IF I CAN IF I CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOU OTHERWISE I'M AFRAID WE'LL HAVE TO ASK OUR FRIENDS

B: MM HMM OTHERWISE THAT'S FINE I JUST SO WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW NOW IS UH EXACTLY HOW MANY DAYS WE WERE PLANNING AND LIKE WAS IT LEAVING IN THE MORNING ON THE FIRST DAY AND STUFF LIKE THAT

A: YES UH

B: MM

A: SO I THINK THEY'RE ARRIVING ON UH FOURTEEN AUGUST IN THE I DON'T KNOW MID DAY OR EVENING SO THEY WILL SLEEP HERE ONE NIGHT AND THEN WE CAN LEAVE ANYTIME IN THE MORNING UH NEXT DAY IT'S THE

B: ON THE FIFTEENTH

A: FIFTEENTH I THINK

B: OKAY THAT'S GOOD

A: AND SO IT'S IT'S GONNA BE FIFTEEN SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN NINETEEN AND THEN TWENTY IT SAYS DRIVE TO EDINBURGH VIA LOCH NESS I'M NOT SURE WHY

B: OKAY SO FIVE FULL DAYS

A: IT SEEMS SO FIVE FULL DAYS AND LIKE I THINK YEAH ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX WAIT SIX NIGHTS OR WHAT YEAH I THINK SIX NIGHTS

B: WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE COUNTING THE NIGHT IN EDINBURGH I BELIEVE

A: OH YES RIGHT SO IT'S IT'S IT'S FIVE NIGHTS CAMPING SO WE CAN GET BACK IN THE MORNING ON THE LAST DAY WHICH IS AU AUGUST TWENTY THEN

B: MM HMM GOOD OKAY

A: UH

B: SO LET'S LOOK AT THE MAP

A: YEAH THE QUESTION IS LIKE DO YOU HAVE DO YOU ALREADY KNOW OF ANY PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO TO SEE OR WE DO DO WE LIKE START FROM DISTILLERIES

B: I THINK WE START FROM THE DISTILLERIES

A: OKAY

B: UM LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO OBAN THE DISTILLERY IT COULD BE COOL

A: OBAN WAIT BUT IT'S NOT ON THE MAP IS IT

B: NO IT'S NOT

A: OKAY

B: SO THE MAP IS YES I'LL EXPLAIN THEN UH THE MAP IS VERY SPARSE BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT DISTILLERY IS SUPER STRICT

A: MM HMM

B: UH THERE'S A LOT OF DISTILLERIES IN SCOTLAND THAT ARE OWNED BY LARGE COMPANIES BUT THEY'RE LIKE ESSENTIALLY THEY WERE JUST BOUGHT BY SOMEBODY BUT ARE OPERATED IN THE SAME WAY THEY USED TO BE

A: OKAY

B: RIGHT SO THEY ARE PART OF A UM IT'S A SORT OF LARGE COMPANY BUT IT LITERALLY CHANGED THE FEEL OF THE PLACE SO IT'S STILL INTERESTING TO VISIT AND I THINK OBAN IS ONE OF THOSE AND SO IS THE ONE ON SKYE TALISKER RIGHT

A: YEAH BUT SO WAIT IF WE IF WE GET TO DRIVE TO OBAN THEN WE DON'T GET TO PASS GLEN COE VALLEY YOU KNOW

B: UH WE NO NOT NECESSARILY WE'LL PASS NEXT TO IT WE COULD LIKE DRIVE THERE AND BACK IF WE WANTED TO

A: <LAUGH>

B: 'CAUSE IF WE GO NORTH FROM OBAN WE'LL YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP WE'LL PASS GLEN COE ALMOST

A: YES

B: UH BUT NO I DON'T MIND IF WE MAKE LIKE HOW CAN WE DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO LIKE TWO DISTILLERIES MAYBE

A: UH I GUESS TWO OR THREE I DON'T KNOW UM

B: OR FIVE DAYS

A: I MEAN I'M SURE THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THREE I DON'T THINK I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO THREE BUT I'M I'M OKAY UNLESS THEY'RE SUPER EXPENSIVE

B: YEAH I WILL BE FINE WITH TWO SO THE THING IS LIKE I REALLY WANNA GO I THINK I'M INTERESTED IN GOING TO LIKE NORTHWEST SCOTLAND

A: YES

B: 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN BUT THERE'S NO DISTILLERIES <LAUGH> SO WE NEED TO SORT OF CASH THEM ON THE WAY

A: WAIT WAIT WAIT SO THERE ARE NO DISTILLERIES WHATSOEVER

B: YEAH

A: OR JUST LIKE NO INDEPENDENT ONES OR NO INTERESTING ONES

B: NO NO DISTILLERIES I'LL I'LL JUST SEND YOU A GENERAL MAP OF SCOTLAND UH WITH DISTILLERIES THERE YOU GO IT SEEMS TO ESSENTIALLY LIKE END ON SKYE

A: OKAY THAT MAKES SENSE

B: AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH IN THE EAST BUT I WONDER WHY

A: SO HOW LONG IS THE DRIVE FROM LIKE SKYE TO ULLAPOOL

B: WE'LL ASK ASK GOOGLE

A: UH SKYE TO ULLAPOOL

B: MM HMM

A: OH IT'S NOT TOO BAD IT'S LIKE SAYS TWO HOURS TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES FROM THE MIDDLE OF SKYE

B: OH EXCELLENT

A: SO YEAH JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS UH FROM FROM THE BRIDGE

B: COOL SO WE DON'T NEED TO PLAN THAT LONG TO GET THERE

A: YEAH MAYBE WE CAN JUST LIKE SPEND THERE ONE NIGHT AND EVEN THAT'S GONNA BE FINE FOR YOU KNOW ONE AND A HALF DAYS

B: YEAH SO LIKE WE COULD GET THERE CAMP AND DO SOME HIKING AND EITHER STAY THE NIGHT OR LIKE

A: MM HMM

B: MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE EVENING YEAH THAT SOUNDS GOOD

A: UH

B: OKAY IN THAT CASE WE SHOULD AT SOME POINT LOOK FOR SOME HIKES OVER THERE TO KNOW WHERE EXACTLY WE WOULD LIKE TO GO

A: YEAH THAT'S THE THE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST AREA FOR HIKING MAYBE PLUS SKYE OBVIOUSLY UH

B: IT'S LIKE I BRING LIKE THE IDEA OF MAYBE WE COULD TAKE A PICTURE AS WE GO BACK 'CAUSE THERE'S THIS ROAD YOU KNOW LIKE ON THOSE PRD CLIPS

A: YEAH

B: SLIGHTLY WEST FROM ULLAPOOL

A: RIGHT

B: SO MAYBE I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE LONGER BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE VIEWS I THINK

A: SO I'M NOT SURE CURIOUS WHAT IF WE LIKE DRIVE THERE ON THE MAIN LIKE IF YOU WANT TO GET TO ULLAPOOL PROBABLY THE MOST DIRECT WAY IS JUST TO TO DRIVE YOU KNOW VIA INVERNESS AND IT MIGHT SAVE US

B: YEAH

A: QUITE SOME TIME WOULD IT MAKE SENSE OR NOT WHAT SHOULD WE DO

B: AND WE WE DROVE FROM EDINBURGH THERE

A: YES