A Couple In Town

No survey today but as I'm in town maybe a tick or two. I started in the Scholar:I assume this one is aimed at students. In any case, it is a pleasant spacious place with a small bar area at the front and a larger space behind with long tables for dining and a stage at the far end.At two on a Friday there were just two of us drinking lager in the bar area, and no one at all in the big room. Mine was the house Scholars Ruin, a bargain at only £2.50.The decor is standard bare brickwork - I think it might be wallpaper in the big room?What have Google done to my keyboard? That's no good at all. Of course, the Germans have a word for it - Verschlimmbessern - To make something worse by trying to improve it.The other customer departed leaving just me and the barman. I hope more people come later, if not this place won't last long.On my way up here I spotted a "new" target in the Grand Central Hall complex. Places in there seem to come and go, and many of them have had limited lives and…