Clothes for summer in Scotland?

[ElizabethinherGermanGarden]

Planning a driving holiday around the northern highlands of Scotland end of July-beginning of August - will have an open top car.

I know that questions about the weather in Scotland are a bit moot but I need some advice on what to bring. I've literally never been on any kind of outdoorsy holiday before.

I only have a smart wool coat and a light joules anorak that wouldn't keep anyone warm on its best day. I think I probably need to get a good practical coat that's warm enough if we get cold weather (I'm basically a lizard and can't hold my own body temperature, plus I live in the West Sussex microclimate where it's almost always quite warm).

Advice on good coat for long walks, driving mountain passes etc plus any other advice on what to bring with me would be very much appreciated. I am going with the boyfriend so don't want to look shite but also don't want to be that girl who moaned about being cold the whole time.

I love in the West Coast of Scotland and was in Inverness last weekend - it was boiling!

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Craghoppers have outdoorsy fleece stuff, and have an outlet on their website with very reasonable prices.

I was in Inverness at the weekend too - the sun was lovely but there was definitely a four-seasons-in-one-day thing going on.

A lot of the North Coast 500 route is remote with limited opportunities to buy clothes. So even if there's a possibility you might need something, it's best to take it with you!!

So: no thermals; waterproof coat that covers bum; thin down jacket or fleece that can go under waterproof coat; hoody; long-sleeved t-shirts; one summer item just in case. Don't panic.

Sound okay?

I'd take more than one summer item, it was boiling last year! But you'll probably already have summery stuff so can just take what you need depending on the weather at the time.