The track continues onwards through a plantation and beside a farm building before reaching Whiteburn Farm. There is a public telephone box here, which may make the farm a useful roadhead. The Way goes partway up the drive to the Off-Road Training Centre before turning left over a stile to go around the Centre, rejoining the track once beyond it. The Way follows the track down a a mile or so towards the roar of traffic from the A1 trunk road, following the edge of a steep valley with deciduous woodland - the uppermost part of Pease Burn. Cross the A1 at Penmanshiel with great care.
Writers report the old road to be the victim of 'fly tipping', so take care walking along it.
After about half a mile, the Way turns right across a bridge over the East Coast main line between Edinburgh and London, then left along the edge of the woodlands, entering Penmanshiel Wood by the cottage of that name. The Way then follows a path through some fine lowland deciduous woodland, until it reaches the tracks in Pease Dene. From there, the tired walker will be relieved to see the North Sea, with the Bass Rock. The Way then follows the track downhill towards the 1783 stone Pease Bridge that carries the A1107 road 100 feet above the Dean. The Way crosses the road just beyond the east end of the bridge before descending into Pease Dean Nature Reserve.