Evening all. Final outing for my battered 2025 GBG. They'll batter owt up here. Just the one pub to do tonight to complete Ed. Mascot debut. See you soon #BRAPA

Pub 3351 , Bennets of Morningside, Edinburgh South. Green leather & etched glass must be a nod to the original I've forgotten. 90% of folk on the Big Red T but the 80 Shilling drinks well. Bar blockers too engrossed in Airdrie v Partick to let me pass, or piss. Owlie McB debut

Pre-emptive Polwarth Tavern, Edinburgh. My local (maybe, I'll have to check that!). The big red T enticed me in. Friendly and lively. Insect bit me on the cheek. Post darts selfie. London loos. WiFi assistance. Ruben Selles ole ole. Didn't see cask but wasn't looking.

Great Scott! It must be another #BRAPA pub ticking Saturday. Welcome to sunny Edinburgh. Hopping on a train 🚂 🔜 Hope you are well. If you receive your new GBG today 📚, congrats & please DM me Edinburgh & Borders pages. #DontBreakTheEmbargo

Pub 3352, Cobbles Freehouse & Dining, Kelso. Cosy bar, every seat taken. Large foodie room, sitting empty! Rare Scottish fruit van sighting. Cresta, what da fuck was I drinking? To quote a song. This stout version is superb. Elderly crossword lady hums along to Everlong.

Pub 3354, Rutherford's, Kelso. Scotland's first Micropub , I believe father. Main man tells me he'll try not to disappoint! The Jarl doesn't. FOUR consecutive high class Scottish pints. Record. Nice chat with Hawick Paulaner man, waiting for his Mum's hosp appt to finish.

Pub 3355, Burt's Hotel, Melrose. 'Only £6' she says! But with a carpet this luxurious, warm welcome, quality beer, and fluffy old ladies talking about tropical canoe bites, and then, nephew London rappers called Cosmo, I'm quite content.

Pub 3356, George & Abbotsford, Melrose. 6th consecutive well kept Scottish cask beer (promise I ain't joking!) Posh but cosy hotel, East Lothian duo Julie n Kirsty do the honours.

Kings Arms, Melrose. Lively little spot once they put lights on and people start talking. Pre-emptive. The one cask drank well. Julie , Kirsty joined by five blondes. And a non blonde. I need a quiet pint in Edinburgh

Messy Spoony pre emptive bugger. Booking Office, Edinburgh. Carpet 8, people 7.5. Been meaning to come here a while. Lack of tables is symptomatic of a city too big for its boots. Ossian drinking very reassuringly. Spooons. Bedtime soon.

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Good morning from sunny Edinburgh, I am bear-ly awake but ready for final days ticking using the 2025 GBG 📚 🍻 I'm on a Borders bus, surrounded by unintentionally scary Jambos! "Our name is on the cup this year" says the stretchy one. #BRAPA

Pub 3357, Traquair Arms Hotel, Innerleithan. Hairy baby sounds like teletubby at this sleepy hotel. Drinking a cask lager slowly because my next pub opens 1pm, but I was hoping for a 10% whisky barreled stout from Traquair. Probably just as well....

Pub 3358, St Ronan's Hotel, Innerleithan. Scottishest pub all wknd. And a South African just offered me smoked mackerel! Blind Sooty, tough accents. Guv'nor can't tell me which Loch Lomond I'm drinking, but it definitely ain't Scottish Warrior. Pump clip got beaten up.

Pub 3359, Bridge Inn (Trust), Peebles. Pub of the weekend. All I can hear is the rattle of dominoes from old boys in their Sunday best, and Walk like an Egyptian by the Bangles. Eye patch guy winked at me, or did he blink? Who knows.

Post-emptive Cross Keys , Peebles. Used to be a Spoons, now a dark boxed off Ember type gubhole. Staff n punters 10/10. Barmaid asks me to give her beer keeping n pub carpet 10/10. I tell her it don't work like that. Beer 6/10, carpet 7.5/10.

Shut pub alert! Thomson's Bar, Edinburgh. Sure it said 4pm Sunday. Very padlocked . Oh well, kinda takes pressure off trip back to Waverley. Espresso to sort me out.

Good evening! Final leg home, but via Carlisle #PlotTwist. Got snacks. Owlie McBurnie says hi. Can tell the Geordies on the train cos they've got their socks tucked into their trousers to keep the piss in. V sensible. Back 10:58pm abw. Cheers for your support this wknd xx