In what may well be another sign of the difficult times facing sectors of the local economy a single sheet of A4 paper on the door of the hotel gives information to callers.
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@Nairnac Don't think so but please forward source if you have seen that.
ReplyDeletewow that is a shocker.. was a good hotel.. see lots of travel lodges etc popping up inverness/elgin and more B&B's now..
ReplyDeleteno more, Highland, Royal, Washington hotels and a few others..
aye its a sair fecht right enough..
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I'm sure it was in a recent Inverness Courier, but it doesn't seem to be in the online edition. Anyway, I'm pretty sure I didn't imagine it. We'll see in due course.
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ReplyDeleteIt was in the Courier in early December. The article was reporting a fire in a storage shed
This is a perfect site for conversion to social housing or for homeless accomodation. There is a large car park at the rear so no problems there and there is a gate into Viewfield at the back isn't there?
ReplyDeleteIt got some mixed reviews, some of them pretty bad.
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It is sad to see another local landmark bite the dust, though I have to say that my experience of said establishment was strongly reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'.
ReplyDeleteNot altogether a bad thing...
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@Red Rum, thanks for that, we'll bear it in mind.
ReplyDeleteWhy did it close?
ReplyDeleteNo one is commenting to the press so we don't know.
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