October 2025. Leicester.
36 hours in Leicester, and a busy morning for Mrs RM if she’s going to tick her deers, the tourist highlights she’s got from ChatGPT blogs.
Starting with Curveside Bistro’s Turkish breakfast,
and the fonts of the Good Earth Cafe,
the Art Nouveau stylings of the Turkey Cafe,
and then into a centre celebrating the unique-to-Leicester sport of Rugfootcrickball.
It’s a city that hides its treasure behind the worst of post-war planning, though if you look up (as you always must in England) you’ll bump into someone looking at their phone see plenty of gracious architecture,
notably in the high street,
and an impressively pedestrianised main street.
The one building I do recall from my first visit is Cafe Bruxelles, which seems to have gone all nightclub compared to the graceful Belgian bar of memory.
Right, time for a pub, and a heron.
It IS a heron, isn’t it ?
retiredmartin 
That bird could be a frauen; hard to tell.
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DR in Minnesota
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I read “heron” as “heroin” and thought Oh no, retiredmartin, has it come to this? Thank God it turned out to be some indeterminate wading bird.
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Look Bill. We’re dealing with someone who has been known to drink sours. We should be ready for anything.
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I’m sure Lou Reed was actually singing about the perils of wading birds in ’67.
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“the Art Deco stylings of the Turkey Cafe,”
Just figured out that wasn’t where you had your Turkish breakfast.
“and then into a centre celebrating the unique-to-Leicester sport of Rugfootcrickball.”
That looks… complicated.
“though if you look up (as you always must in England) you’ll bump into someone looking at their phone see plenty of gracious architecture,”
Mankind rarely looks up; something to do with our eyebrow ridges from caveman days.
Oh, and (slow golf clap) for the phone thingy.
“notably in the high street,”
(looks at pic below)
A nail salon! Now that’s high class.”
“and an impressively pedestrianised main street.”
(looks at pic below)
5 Coats? Are they riffing off of the 5 Guys burger joints in the US?
(checks Google Maps) – Nope, there’s two 5 Guys in Leicester already!
“Right, time for a pub, and a heron.
I’m hoping that’s the name of a beer, and not what you had for lunch.
“It IS a heron, isn’t it ?”
Funnily enough Si was going on about this in one his posts back in late August. After some quick research I’d say that was a Heron; though one would have to also consider the possibility of a stork, crane or egret.
Cheers
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Did the Belgian place still sell beer brewed by those shut-your-Trappist monks?
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