Duggie,
I am only stating things that actually happened. After the 3rd or 4th consecutive year of getting washed out in the Highlands in the 60's my parents decided enough was enough and went to Italy the following year, and never had a main holiday in Scotland again. They did do weekends though. I tend to do the same. I have a good friend who lived in Arisaig and he told me it was one of the few places he had seen where the rain could remain horizontal. And he was a Highlander and used to bad weather. Scotland can be a wonderful place to visit and I know many who thoroughly enjoy it. However, as I mentioned I have been overseas for so long my blood has thinned and the cold and wet affect my arthritis, so I prefer much warmer climes.
The main problem is if you only have a limited time. If your 2 weeks is the wettest in July, then it is not a lot of fun. If you have time to sit it out and enjoy the hopefully following sunshine, then things are a lot better.
You also have to excuse me as I live in Edinburgh which has more than its fair share of tourists. It is a common story among us locals that we all leave in July/August and wait until September to get our City back. I happen to live on the bus route to Rosslyn Chapel and I do sympathise with the poor bus drivers who gets asked at every stop 'Is this the bus for Rosslyn' and 'do you have change of a