Some of my best friends are American
so I certainly don't find it a bad thing to encounter fellow "New World" denizens when visiting England or Scotland. But it sure adds to the experience to hear a variety of UK accents and phrases instead of the same old stuff I can hear at home every day...even if all they want to talk about is Barack Obama!
Dornoch had its share of American visitors and ex-pats but they weren't nearly so thick on the ground as I'd been led to expect by some commentary I'd seen. Brora and Golspie were mostly American-free (myself and fellow travelers excepted) although I did join up with a threesome of Rich Goodale's mates from Aberdour, which led to some guilt-by-association even though they were Scots.
I didn't make the Buda part of the trip so I can't speak to St. Andrews but after leaving the Highlands I didn't encounter any more of my fellow countrymen until arriving at the car-hire office in Glasgow on my departure day. But that was more than made up for by discovering
Bellhaven's Best on tap at the Glasgow airport. One for the road!