The weather has finally turned English, dreary and overcast all day, bit of drizzle. That’s better. The namby pamby weather we have been enjoying is hardly the ‘real’ English experience.
Went for a drive around Kibworth Harcourt and Kibworth Beauchamp at lunchtime. This is where the BBC documentary ‘A Story of England’ was filmed. I don’t know if it ever made TV in Australia, if it did then I didn’t see it. However, I have the DVD and have read about a third of the book, so might finally finish them both when I get back. The drive only took about 15 minutes and wasn’t earth shattering. Make a note – if you plan on doing something similar, finish reading the book first so that you have some idea of what you are looking at. No photos.
Emily and I drove into Leicester this afternoon to check out the Newark Museum and rugby exhibition. Museum was interesting, exhibition less so. Walking around the old Leicester Castle revealed another collection of interesting buildings and streetscapes.
The drive home turned up the Debdale canal dock and weak bridge (their words, not mine). I thought a canal dock might have been for loading and unloading goods in days gone by, however it turns out to be like a caravan park for canal boats, there were about forty moored in there. There is really no shortage of interesting offbeat things to discover provided you take the time to poke about.
Cheers, Steve J.