{"id":1561,"date":"2017-03-02T17:15:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2017-03-05T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T22:50:51","slug":"the-ecclefechan-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"The Ecclefechan Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ecclefechan:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2285.028842493777!2d-3.268223584189722!3d55.0602304526588!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487d38489980ab51%3A0xade0c1181c761a35!2sEcclefechan+Hotel!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1488752203834\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I *should* have blogged this in May 2014, when we stopped here en route from Mallaig back home, trying for a cheaper option than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?s=moffat\">Moffat<\/a> but didn&#8217;t: maybe it felt the wrong side of the hotel\/pub thing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll briefly mention the hotel- it&#8217;s ace. Great value and comfortable. <\/p>\n<p>Besides that, it&#8217;s the village pub. Evidently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabre-roads.org.uk\/wiki\/index.php?title=B7076\">once on the main Carlisle-Glasgow road<\/a>, now the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabre-roads.org.uk\/wiki\/index.php?title=M74_and_A74(M)_History\">A74M<\/a> passes by a short distance away, making the village quiet, but the proximity of a junction makes this a convenient pause.<\/p>\n<p>In the bar itself, it&#8217;s pleasant and welcoming. Pub food, cask ale, a real fire, and friendly staff and locals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecclefechan: I *should* have blogged this in May 2014, when we stopped here en route from Mallaig back home, trying for a cheaper option than Moffat but didn&#8217;t: maybe it felt the wrong side of the hotel\/pub thing. I&#8217;ll briefly mention the hotel- it&#8217;s ace. Great value and comfortable. Besides that, it&#8217;s the village pub. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=1561\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Ecclefechan Hotel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[337,5,129,299],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scotland","tag-a74m","tag-ale","tag-hotel","tag-rooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}