Station Hotel, Melrose

The Station Hotel has long outlived the railway that provided the reason for its existence. Melrose still has several hotels and I suppose this one would always have been the more down-market one. It looks smart enough, a pleasant and well-presented old building, but the bar is a small affair with the appearance of an afterthought. (I got talking to a local in the Ship Inn around the corner, who told me there used to be a more traditional and much longer bar here.) Just one real ale available, Belhaven IPA, a rather citrusy brew but not unpleasant.