Quiet day, drove from Monmouth to Leicester first up. Autumn is taking hold here, foggy most of the way so I can’t tell you what the country looks like – I didn’t see much of it.
Once at Leicester we sought out a pub to have a traditional roast lunch. This had been on the gastronomic itinerary for a while and unfortunately turned out to be a fair old fizzle. The meal was okay, sort of, but the veggies were clearly frozen and the roast beef slices were from a packet. Gravy was probably from a bottle. Not at all what we had in mind.
Skip forward to the rugby, Argentina versus Tonga. Sent the girls shopping while I enjoyed the game. They came across some sort of Brazilian dance thing while scouring the Leicester city centre, see photo below. Damn, I missed that!
Leicester is a small stadium. It holds 32,000 and today’s crowd was 29,000+, so fairly full. Despite the 45-16 score line the match was in the balance with 10 minutes to go. Some very good tries scored. In the end Tonga ran out of puff and threw too many speculative passes. Good game though and seat right on halfway.
Okay, finished for the day and off to find our final accommodation of the trip. The Manor House is a 4-bedroom Victorian house in the village of Gumley, just south of Leicester. The place is terrific. Air B&B has been a good way of sourcing accommodation. We can really recommend it.
Okay, that’s enough.
Steve J.