I will travel to the Highlands and have a very quick stop-over at Glasgow Airport since I have to catch the bus from Daluir. Is there any chance to get alcohol fuel for a burner?
In some countries Methylated Spirits is available in pharmacy shops but I am not sure whether this is the case in Scotland, nor whether there is a pharmacy in the airport area.
Your travel to Scotland has probably passed; hope you had a good time. You are in the land of my favourite single malts: Glendronach, Oban, and Glenmorangie - and therein lies my answer:
Use ethyl alcohol in a pinch. That is, any high-proof potable spirit, generally anything 75% or more alcohol. Rum, for example, is often used for flambé, and anything 151 proof or better is typically used. Any rums, whiskies, tequilas, gins, etc are expensive compared to vodka, so, vodka or grain alcohol would be the cheap option to go with.
Avoid using dirty alcohols, like isopropyl: they can be sooty and toxic.
The nice thing about using ethyl alcohol is that when you're done, well, it doesn't have to go to waste: Slàinte! But with methyl alcohol, the best you can do is use it for a hand sanitizer (isopropyl), or, burn it off otherwise.
Actually, when you are in an area where methylated spirits might be available, but you are not aware of your location's regulations on manufacture or use, using that spirit could prove dangerous, whereas liquor store spirits is always safe.
While you need to check your stove, I would expect it to run on any form of alcohol. Here in Canada, pharmacies all stock 99% isopropyl alcohol. And many hardware stores carry methyl (wood) alcohol
I'm not familiar with alcohol stoves. Here the camp fuel most used is marketed as "camp stove fuel" and is mostly cyclo-hexane. I have also used unleaded petrol in a stove, but it has a lower flashpoint.
When running outdoor programs we had the following rules for stoves:
Stoves are taken 30 feet away from camp, downwind and downhill to fill. This avoids clouds of fumes returning to camp.
The person who fills the stove is NOT the person who lights it. This avoids setting yourself on fire if you spilled while filling it.
