The Perseverance, Bloomsbury, WC1

Took a walk up from the Lamb looking for the Sun and was quite shocked to see it renamed and revamped. Took a look in and found it to be one of these trendy sort of places. They had two ales on so I gave the Flowers a go, and have to admit it was well kept. Music too loud, staff not really interested whether there's any customers or not.

Decorated inside and out with a dark brown and yellow/gold theme and this means that the interior is rather darker than one might expect given the fairly large windows. Quite a small bar (which must, I guess, cause difficulties at busy times). The tables are a bit regimented, but there is more seating in an upstairs room. Three handpumps - a rare pint of Flowers IPA (reasonably priced for the area at £3.10), Wainwrights and another one off. Overall, not too bad, but it is a bit off the beaten track so you would probably need another reason to make trek out here.