Many thanks for these comments. Very useful advice that has me back looking at the maps both paper and electronic with much greater care. Given the scarcity of mountains here in East Anglia there is little opportunity to build any serious experience of flying within a mountainous geography and the impact weather has on it. The suggestion of a set of pre-prepared options/alternatives that can be used for different weather minima looks to me to be a very sensible way forward as does the routing north of Inverness around the danger area and along the coast.
Stephen
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