Took the bus from Corstorphine today to Shandwick Place then walked full length of Princes Street into the St James and then to the foot of the walk. The first time I have been along Princes Street in a couple of years, what a shambles it is. Never realised there were so many empty shops and what shops there are are pretty poor. St James looks to have sucked the life out of it, such a shame for a Street in a great setting.