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Tuesday 5 July 2016

Last day in Leicester - and visit to Market Harborough

This morning we looked at the parts of Leicester that we had not seen - some miscellaneous shots.

First, the fresh food market.  TWO punnets of raspberries for a pound!.

Don't see many of these shops in Aus.  A very chatty owner who wanted to know about Australia. 
 We looked around what remains of LeicesterCastle.  Some very old houses - what we call "wonky" so must be genuine.
And the usual Roman ruins.  The Jewry wall museum was an excellent presentation of Roman and Saxon Leicester.  We were the only visitors there.
Just one of the many interesting buildings in this town.  It seems as though Leicester has had busier times, or that there is more town than the population needs.  It is neat and tidy and easy to get around.
We found a cantonese restaurant for lunch - with "chao hor fun" - fried rice noodles with gravy.  We ordered beef.  The noodles were very good, but the rest was an English version of beef stew as the gravy.  But still good food.  I enjoyed it.  KM had tripe. Forgot to take a pic - too hungry!

Then we caught a train to Market Harborough to visit two bell-ringers who lived in Sydney.  It was good to catch up with them, and also to see a smaller village.  It was quiet and English and a very pleasant place indeed. KM went bell-ringing, I piked at the stone circular steps that got smaller.  I don't think I could ring in UK.   Below is the railway station
 and this is St Dionysius Church where KM and Mark went bell-ringing.



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