Even more Thursday.

Here is another photo of a fine old English pub. I took it a few weeks ago in Manningtree in Essex. If you enlarge it you will see that it is now the Mogul Indian restaurant, rather as the Red Lion that I wrote about below is now a vegetarian restaurant. My first reaction to this is that it is rather a pity to see old English pubs changing into specialist (usually foreign) restaurants, but on thinking about it I suppose that they are really serving their original purpose of providing whatever refreshment is required. And I do believe that the market always finds its own level. I suppose that the important thing is that these lovely old buildings continue to exist as public houses (in the real meaning of that name) as they were designed. As long as they survive to serve the public need all is well. Goodnight all.