N1597 Peacocks

When life gives you a conveniently early bus, make for the pub. Or something like that.

I was heading to Swords village to knock off two pubs that I hadn't done either when I worked there, in the distant past, or on previous ticking trips. But a 41C that didn't exist on RTPI arrived and gave me some extra time until company was arriving, and passed through River Valley anyway, so The Peacock got visited on the way. Swords Express's cheap local journey fare ensured I still made it to the next pub as expected.

A substantial suburban pub, this premises was not old (a 1988 build, originally and unimaginatively called The Millennium) when fully rebuilt in 2008; but that building had not aged well - being a red brick, flat roofed bunker of an estate pub that lacked any form of kerb appeal. 

The new building is really quite large - but has windows, a second floor, and something approaching a pitched roof; so all three of the potential 'don't drink in a pub with...' options are cut off. There's the usual bar and lounge, with a restaurant area; but also the now increasingly rare function room, in-pub off-licence; and also a coffee shop.

A reasonably priced pint was sinked relatively quickly, due to said need to actually get in to Swords village; but with the bus stop right outside, I could probably have taken some more time with it.