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You could do a combination. We went to Mull a couple of years ago. I drove with all the stuff, she took the train with 18 month old. I started the day before, staying cheaply on the M6 somewhere near Lancaster - breakfast at Tebay made up for that. She got an early train from London to Glasgow. We met up around 12.30 then made it to Mull for about 5pm and everyone was happy. Unfortunately we all drove back together, trying to do it in one day, which was less than fun.
Personally, I'm only interested in services with sex shops.