MJ,
I know what you were saying, and you are right about the airports (or lack of them) in Northern Scotland. If an airport goes out of limits then you are pretty goosed in some parts, but then again for most south of the border, this kind of consideration is not an issue with numerous airports/ strips to choose from. Guess its just part of the joys of flying in Scotland.
Just to echo Sk8erboi's comments above, yes be very wary with FAS. This thread has proved that that there are numerous quality FTO's within Scotland to choose from, choose wisely!!
C99