With many of the shops shuttered, some with signs removed, the last vestiges of stock left sitting faded in the sun, it’s a bit of sport to try to identify the business by it's somewhat eclectic some may say miscellaneous collection of leftovers. If it is diversity that keeps the remaining small businesses afloat then the funeral parlour which sells a comprehensive range of fishing equipment is likely to survive into the next millennium.
A more conventional pathway to economic survival might be to simply open the doors at a time when the customers were not elsewhere.
Today for instance, the baker had sold out of croissants yesterday but did not bake more because they are going to be closed tomorrow. We could have tried the little supermarket if they weren’t closed “exceptionally” for stocktake. Even the castle ruins are only open in the summer holidays (for inspection with burning torches no less) on Fridays by appointment. We do like this little town though even if it gives us the distinct impression that “we should have been here yesterday”.
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