Innerleithen to W. Linton (Baddinsgill Farm) 2 days

Weather today: Warm, overcast, occasionally sunny

Daily Miles Covered: 15.3

Total Miles Covered: 733.9

Things of Interest: The old drove road

Personal Comments: Leaving Peebles this morning I was apprehensive about the rights of way in Scotland. Today I had to plot a course over The Cloich Hills, as there are no public footpaths as such, I thought it was going to be a nightmare, wrong. I left the town by the A72 to climb towards the golf club. A foothpath sign said Upper Kidston, I thought it was my birthday. This is on my route. Further up the fellside another sign which read The old drove road to West Linton, I thought I had died and gone to heaven, this was perfection in route finding. I followed this all the way to Romannobridge, over some of the nicest scenery for some time. All day long I never saw a soul. The way which I had marked on the map last night, turned out to be the exact same route as the road, how coincidental is that?
There was no other way after R/bridge but to slog it out on a minor road to W. Linton, once there I saw Ross parked up. Because it was fine and sunny, I decided to press on for 3 extra miles, making less for tomorrow. At Baddinsgill, Ross picked me up and took me to the place where we were to spend the night, Broomlee Centre. We met Jackie and Shelagh who told us we could have a bed for the night, free showers, and they gave us mince and dumplings for tea, and for tomorrow's dinner, ham rolls, how kind is that. They say the Scots don't like the English, rubbish