Go go go The Foxes

ooops indeed- back to football and the Foxes...

Alima
granjura I may just have skipped a few posts ... !

Well blow me down with a feather - they did it - TEN points ahead.

DH howled with delight. Dread to think what the neighbours thought.

5 games left and I think I'm correct in saying they need to win 3. [fingers crossed emoticon]

Tigers /Stade Francais game today was brilliant 41. 13.

Our Grandson has a tour of the stadium next Saturday for his birthday. He is getting excited (almost as much as his Dad

Wow Pompa my DH would love that for his birthday/ retirement will have to look into it.
Thanks Gj and everybody with the Leicestershire tourist info. Plenty of places to explore.
Go Foxes and Tigers

You are so welcome. And yes great news about Tigers too

Seven generations of my ancestors are buried in a large family tomb in a village churchyard in Leicestershire, rectors of the parish for seven generations. So the English side of my family was deeply rooted in Leicestershire, but more likely to be fox hunters than fox fans; though who knows what they would have supported had football been big in those days.

Granjura, we went to the George in Stamford just after we had become vegetarians.
My husband booked the meal for my birthday.
Usually in those days you had to suggest what you wanted if you mentioned that word. He was told, no it was okay, the chef would do us something special.
We were given a plate of vegetables!
When we said we expected something a bit more special than that, we were told he was the best chef from Barcelona and always did that for vegetarians, so we said we would have a Spanish omelette.
We got the same plate of vegetables back with eggs over the top, vegetables just as they were.
Only went there that once.

LOL when was that? We go everytime we are over- and always have great food- be it lunch or 'cream tea'. One of our daughters also got married there and the food and service was fa-bu-lous - although not vegetarian indeed. It's got a very special atmosphere - you can truly feel the history. Of course it was one of the main overnight inns with the horses- on the A1 north from London- and of course Burley house, home of William Cecil, Chief advisor to Elisabeth the First.
Also later of Chariots of Fire and the running Marquess- still home to the same family and used in so many films, Pride and Prejudice, the Da Vinci Code, and so many more- and the Burley Horse trials too. Quinteseential British.

That was late 70s, granjura.
Go to Stamford and Burghley House still when I visit friends near Peterborough.
We used to go to Rutland Water when we lived there, too. It used to be known as Empingham Reservoir.

Ooops wrong spelling of course. Burley house is the very enormous Georgian pile overlooking Rutland Water- that was made into apartments in the 80s.

Well they did it again- and without Vardy- bravo

Oh, goodness, DH was bouncing off the walls! Whatever next?

Hihi, so glad he enjoyed it. We couldn't watch it here, unfortunately, so watched Tigers losing badly instead! doh!

With only 3 games to go only Spurs can beat them now. But Spurs have the marginally easier matches left. Foxes need one more win.

Will you all just stop talking about it, please!!

It's the tension that makes it fun.

Not if the family all support Forest!

That was to pompa not Laura!

Half my family support Leicester, the other half, West ham, thank goodness they drew.

The West Ham Manager was full of praise for Leicester and said he truly hoped they would win. Good on him.

Wow- they've only gone and done it- incredible. We will be in Leicester soon and look forward to all the excitement