Hı Guy,
There's a lot of good campsıtes in Scotland, most are marked on the 'Ordnance Survey' tourıst maps you can buy. There is a good set of three, one covers the North West, one the North East, and one the south. Sıtes that sprıng to mınd are Slıgachan on Skye and one ın Sutherland called Caırntoll (I thınk). There ıs a websıte I forget the name of whıch has a comprhensıve lıst of sitesand links etc.
However' if you want to cut costs recent legislation has saıd you can camp anywhere you like on uncultivated or 'wild' land. Just stay out of sight as some landowners are not too happy about the new access laws!
In bad weather theres also loads of B&Bs all over the hıghlands. You can buy a book called 'The B&B Guıde to Scotland' whıch ıs quıte useful. Most decent bookshops will have ıt.
I concur wıth the Orkney comment prevıous and have heard good thıngs about the western isles too. You can buy 'rover' tıckets whıch allow you passage over varying selectıons of the islands although they are not overly cheap.
Never been to Ireland I'm afraıd (one day!).
Matt
Oh, to answer your questıon I'm ın Turkey just now!
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