Leicester; Saturday, 27 April, 2013
If I’d been slightly more awake when I’d been planning the morning I might have noticed that the castle wasn’t actually due to open until the following Saturday. Consequently I got all the way to Kirby Muxloe to find that the castle was closed. However, given its location on an island in a lake it’s possible to see much of the castle, and get some very good photographs, without actually going inside.
From Kirby I caught the bus back into Leicester and then picked up the bus back out to Ashby de la Zouch to look around the castle there, which was open.
I had a long wander around the castle, made longer still by needing to dive for cover as a torrential hail storm passed through, and then went for a bit of a wander around town.
I was considering spending more time looking around the town, but with the bus back to Leicester due and the sky looking like it wanted a rematch on getting me soaked I decided to head back to the bus stop, and within seconds of getting onto the bus the skies once again opened and another torrential hail shower thundered down.
By the time I had gotten back to Leicester you wouldn’t have believed that it had been so foul. With a clear blue sky and warm sun it felt like a proper summer afternoon.
I had a bit of a wander around the city centre, taking in the Jewry wall, St Mary and St Nicholas churches and the Cathedral.
I was wandering back to the hotel to freshen up before heading out to dinner when the weather finally managed to get the better of me as the skies opened whilst I was crossing the large open space in front of the Magazine gate. By the time I had made the cover of the university buildings just 30 or so yards away I was soaked.
After drying off and freshening up I wandered back into the city centre and found another really good restaurant and topped the stomach back up to full
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