I took Galman for a drink at the Red Key Tavern. I'd asked him if he was in a rush for the station as we hadn't gone through his arrangements for the rest of the day. He gave me a mortified look and said " How about a drink first? A real one."

The Tavern, for all its shortcomings, is the only place in town one can get decent, cold draft beer. Or any cold drink for that matter. It is run by a family I don't know very well, the Moreddis. It's the place where the drunks of the town ...