After a good meal at the Cheviot Arms (goat cheese pizza) I slept well and enjoyed a bit of a lie-in as breakfast was served at 8. I left at 9:20. It’s a steep climb out of the town but it was a sunny day with a cool breeze so I made good progress. I passed by Woodcock View Farm where they were shearing the sheep and separating them from the lambs - I assumed to send to market. It looked hot work. I then enjoyed meeting Susan Pearce with her 15 year old beautiful grey horse who apparently enjoys his shepherding - she took the QR code and later kindly left a donation. Thank you Susan. As I gained height there were plenty of skylarks, meadow pipits and just before Hareshaw House where I met Susan, stonechats. Below the farm I crossed a small burn with beautiful clear water within an orange red stream bed - a sure sign of iron and it alerted me to look more keenly at the geology. I had moved from limestone to carboniferous grit stone country with signs of quarrying as I walked further. I ...