Well our nearest village only has two pubs, a primary school and someone opened a cafe/art gallery a couple of years back... but as a smallholder with an ever decreasing family budget and free time sitting and sipping coffee is a thing of the past....
On the note of post offices disappearing - I just made the 10 mile round journey to post a letter that needed to be weighed/go abraod, only to find that the lady in the post office has decided to take her lunch - no official note or anything, other than - she is entitled to her lunch (it was 1.45pm and she was to be out for another hour).... It is meant to be open during lunch time, but hey what can you do if she shuts the curtain! No wonder post offices are not profitable/people are doing their stuff online as much as possible... I have just spent money on diesel, missed my lunch!, and letter is still to be posted! (requiring return journey!!!!)