Mark
Early next year would work for me as would a (long) weekend. I'll also happily to go wherever. However as a suggestion, what about Angus ? I know it's a bit further north and therefore further for the English contingent to go but in recent years BUDA has done Northumberland and Fife, while East Lothian is home turf for many.
In terms of Angus, I recently played Arbroath and was hugely impressed. I'd be keen to go back and see if I was just imagining how good it was. It's not far from Carnoustie, Monifieth, Panmure etc. and from memory Broughty Ferry isn't a bad place to base ourselves.
Niall