Nearly 2/3rds of the way! I left the accommodation at 7:15 to go to Starbucks for breakfast and lunch supplies. I left there at 8:10. According to the BGS app I would be walking over Silirian sedimentary rock “Wacke” - sandstone, siltstone, mudstone (443-433 million years ago). I needed to check the geology more going forward. The path took me through the Galashiels park - a pleasant and gently inclining path which I enjoyed as it gradually joined fields of sheep and then climbed up to Hog Hill 301m which I reached at 9:10. I reflected on the goodwill of the trails and the people I have met. This was partly prompted by the manner in which Galashiels women my age had walked past me without acknowledgment even after greeting them. Only on the really busy trails would you get this - although this is normal in any town it was notable how accustomed I had got to the friendliness of the trails. Coming down from Hogs Hill to Yair I heard a classic owl hoot as I entered the woodland descending...