My favourite pub is not my nearest but a place called the Old Down Inn run by the one and only Maxine. It was a stop on the old postal road in days of yore. I arrived about 12:15. there was one other person in the bar sitting staring into his beer. I ordered roast of the day and a large glass of rose wine. It is strange that when people come, a dialogue develops. You could almost call it a one...

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