One week is not a very long time, so to max your enjoyment of where you go, think about less distance and more discovery. Nothing worse (IMHO) than tarmac bashing for the sake of it. From the North West of England, going on a ride to discover the Scottish distilleries up the western isles can be fun. Caledonian Mc Brane do a range of discounted ferry tickets which lets you move about quite easily. I went to Arran to have a look and stayed three days, then picked around Loch Fyne and Loch Lomond for a few days. Great countryside and well worth exploring.
The west coast of Ireland is amazing esp the burran and the cliffs of Moher in County Clare . I got stuck in horrible weather in Westport, however there is a great pub there which seems to be open most of the day!!! You do however need more than a week to do Ireland justice.
Addendum:- If you are not used to Touring, it`s best to break yourself in easy with shorter journeys until you get into the rhythm of things and find your comfortable distance levels. You can quite easily put yourself right off touring by trying the big distances to start of with.
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