Boss man evidently has bigger fish to fry and no interest in a little olde worlde Cornwall backstreet inn. You have noticed that all the stock of mead has disappeared haven't you? :-2
Cough, cough, splutter, sneeze...oops, sorry, Betty
Typical up-country entrepreneur, Betty. Comes down here, sees a bargain, buys a bargain, changes everything around and then b****** off :-5
The mead isn't the only thing that's gone...the bar is empty!