JOGLE 6.5 Day 5 Fri 6 Sep 13

Depart Edinburgh at 08.40. Arrive at Pathhead 1500. Distance 13 Miles.

We had a very nice breakfast at the School House B&B. Our host gave us lots of food to take with us on our walk including some very nice and large Almond Croissant which was much appreciated.  We didn’t actually ask for a packed lunch and we didn’t need to as we had enough to keep us going all day. Today was mostly urban walking to enable us to by-pass Edinburgh and link in with the borders. It was very boring apart from a very nice visit to a Garden Centre Coffee Shop. We had some lovely views of the Pentland Hills but were pleased that we had decided to keep east of the Pentlands rather than try and walk over them. On the map there is no clear pathway and without making a separate trip to do a recce there was no way of really knowing. The Stair Arms Hotel, a family run Hotel was very much as expected and the staff were very helpful. We even managed to get our washing tumbled dried for free and packed lunches that we ordered were very good. The hotel restaurant was fine but very quiet and everyone was talking in whispers.  It could have done with some background music to liven it up a bit. No Internet access. The weather forecast is not good for tomorrow, its going to rain all day. Today it started raining heavily after we arrived, thank goodness!