The bright Balmoral

Had a meeting in the centre of town today, so blipped the Balmoral Hotel by Waverley Station.

Resulting from a competition of 1895, the hotel originally opened in 1902. It was designed by architect W. Hamilton Beattie and for most of the twentieth century was known as the North British Hotel or simply the N.B., a traditional railway hotel built for the North British Railway Company adjacent to their Waverley Station. It kept the same name until the late 1980s when it was renamed the Balmoral Hotel after refurbishment, despite being located over 100 miles (160 km) south of Balmoral Castle, in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire.

I hope everyone has had a good start to the week.