The Pedestrians visit Edinburgh, a Strange Sea Creature, and Rise Again, All in One Evening.

The Edin­burgh Arms is quite friendly and cosy in an expans­ive sort of way, though it doesn’t really do half-pints.  We explained that we’d been to 18 pubs already, and were due to visit 18 more.  Out the back and 20 yards to the Sea Horse, a Sam Smith’s pub with the usual restric­ted choice, though the lay­out is nice, with sep­ar­ate rooms and well laid out and com­fort­able seat­ing.  But the star of the even­ing was the recently re-opened Phoenix.  Three decent beers, a friendly wel­come, an open fire, and a décor which invited you to just sink in and enjoy (though no cush­ions or soft fur­nish­ings in sight).  And that was just the front bar.  They also do a wine list and a small selec­tion of single malt whis­keys.  Vaut le detour.