#balmoral hotel clock tower

[scotianostra]

A few shots of Edinburgh with the camera from Calton Hill yesterday afternoon.

[scottsbifh]

Edinburgh, Scotland showing the Balmoral Hotel Clock Tower.

Love my city

[vox-anglosphere]

Edinburgh Castle and the Balmoral Hotel loom over the city at sunset

[rabbitcruiser]

Clocks (No. 15)

The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh

The Albert Memorial Clock Tower, Belfast

The Bank Buildings, Belfast

Saint John's Church/Johanneskirken, Bergen

Carlsberg, Copenhagen

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, New York City (four pics)

Flatiron Building,  New York City

[overt-oddity]

[uncivilcivilservice]

This is very much Edinburgh and not Glasgow, that is the Scott Monument on the right side of the photo, and the Balmoral Hotel with the clock tower.

Malcolm Dunbar. Glasgow, 1955

[catinatux]

Princess Street with Balmoral Hotel Clock Tower

Edinburgh, Scotland 

[pershing100]

Balmoral Hotel clock tower, Edinburgh

[olliepig]

World Windows 2020

Here’s my little contribution for the lovely @gumnut-logic​ world windows - Edinburgh, Scotland 

This is where I was lucky enough to grow up And even though i’m not based here any more, it’s only a 50 minute drive to my parents house in the south of the city. (All of these photos are actually my dads as he is a vastly superior photographer to me and has kindly given his permission for me to borrow them for this)

Edinburgh castle and city taken from the Braid Hills which is where my parents house is.  Although it’s zoomed in, this is essentially the view I have from my bedroom window when I visit. The river is the Forth and the hills on the background are actually in Fife which is another county.

The Forth bridges, again taken from the Braid Hills. The big pointy one is the newly completed Queensferry Crossing which takes road traffic north from Edinburgh to Fife and beyond. Behind it, you can see the towers of the old (and imaginatively named) Forth Road Bridge which the new crossing replaced. Nestled almost under the bigger bridges are the red humps of the Forth Rail Bridge which is 130 years old now and still going strong.

Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags in winter, still looking north from the Braid Hills. A lot of the topography in Edinburgh comes from the last ice age where  the volcanic rock of the city formed an impenetrable barrier to the ice sheets. The softer rock was gouged away leaving the old plugs from long extinct volcanoes exposed. Arthur’s Seat and the Crags are great examples of that, as is Castle Rock.

Another view of Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags, this time from closer to the city centre and with a sliver of the castle rock in the picture too. One thing I love about the city is that you’re never far from green space and a walk up the various hills is a popular activity on nice days  

The city centre. The dark rock on the left is Castle Rock again so this is right in the heart of the city. The giant rocket shaped thing on the right is the Scott Monument which was built in 1840 to commemorate the writer Sir Walter Scott, and the big building with the clock tower is the Balmoral Hotel. The columns in the background are a national monument to the Scottish casualties from the Napoleonic wars. Unfortunately when they were building it they ran out of money so it’s been unfinished since 1829. Next to it is Nelsons monument which was once used as a timekeeping device by sailors in the Forth river as there’s a ball on the top which slowly rises to the top and then drops at 1pm every day. I think it still works although don’t quote me on that! 

Anyway, there’s a wee tour around Scotland’s capital! Sorry it turned into a history lesson  - apparently school wasn’t completely lost on me!

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Edinburgh, The colourful entrance canopy to Princes Mall, on Waverley Bridge, with the Balmoral Hotel and its clock tower in the background

[primordialsoundmeditation]

The arches of the Scott Monument make a good frame for Sir Walter Scott’s statue. Quite often he is photographed sideways on, with the clock tower of the Balmoral Hotel in the background. I thought I would try and capture him in a frontal view this time, with the crown spire of St. Giles Cathedral forming the backdrop instead. This was taken during the evening rush hour, so I had to bide my time until the buses cleared out of the way ! Graeme Gainey Lenscape Scotland https://www.lenscape-scotland.co.uk/Galleries/Edinburgh https://www.instagram.com/lenscape.scotland/.

Beautiful Edinburgh

[scotianostra]

Bird watching.......

[galbencearch]

Prominent buildings from left to right are: Edinburgh Castle, The Balmoral Hotel Clock Tower and The Scott Monument. Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and a popular tourist destination. It is also a major European financial (fund management) centre. via /r/architecture https://ift.tt/3bt6TW6

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Taking a brief break from California to show you magical Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the view of Princes Street from Calton Hill featuring the impressive Balmoral Hotel Clock Tower. Reminds me of a scene from Peter Pan.

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[rabbitcruiser]

Clocks (No. 14)

Philipsburg (two pics)

St Peter's Anglican Church, Falmouth (two pics)

Port of Falmouth

Palais Bénédictine, Fécamp

Old Town Hall And Clock Tower, Cobh

Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh

Canongate Tolbooth, Edinburgh

Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh

[lynnialljohnson]

~ Edinburgh ~ "The Balmoral Hotel with its clock tower, Edinburgh Castle to the left and a half of the Scott Monument to the right." Courtesy of Scotland's Scenery page.