As stated: thoroughly excellent piece, after reading I felt as though I were there instead of you. Fantastic! Yes, to TG and no to stripping out the Scottish venacular. If needs must, put the English translation in brackets or footnotes. Again as stated: a generic price breakdown would be most helpful, e.g. fuel for the trip, ferry crossing, accomodation and food. Also, the reasearch done before the trip was excellent, better to go fully prepared to maximise both the experience and safety, you clearly reaped the rewards of this, well done indeed!
John