My Trip to Leicester
I went to Leicester this weekend. I had a very good time with some very good people. There are a few things to note.
I spent most of my time in a place called Kirby Muxloe. The focal point of this little village is undoubtedly its half-finished castle. A castle that remained half-finished, despite being rebuilt. The restoration work for the castle didn’t include extending and finishing it…
I also got to wander around Leicester City Centre, in a limited radius from the train station, and I was driven around it briefly, yet for long enough to see that Leicester is massive. But even more important than that is that this nice wonderful city managed to make me second-guess my preliminary evaluation of the attractiveness gradient of the country.
When I went to Scotland, it was the final piece of evidence I needed to form a basic trendline between London and the northern border of England. This trendline showed that, approximately, the average attractiveness of girls decreased the further north one travelled.
Well, that didn’t work out so well, since Leicester is further north than Coventry and Birmingham, but there was a really good proportion of reasonable-looking girls. So, my trendline probably isn’t vertical up the map. I will keep you posted when I work it all out, though. Maybe one summer I will be able to tour some of the country’s more prominent towns and cities and take more scientific readings.
Most importantly, however, was the fact that there was no god whatsoever in our weekend. We had no rain during the hours we were outside with the barbecue or walking the dogs (and planning to storm the castle). We had an amazing night with cheap wine and card games, peppered throughout with good-natured jokes about those who couldn’t be there. Come morning, there was an almighty fried breakfast created (I would go as far as to say it was the biggest breakfast ever) and everyone had an excellent, incident-free time.
Rock the fuck on!!
on August 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Much as I complain about Leicester and much as I don’t actually like it that much, I felt kind of proud of it this weekend. I shall not deny my Leicester roots again.
Hurray for the most godless of weekends. EPIC WIN.
I had such a good time, thanks so much for coming up!
I was getting Will withdrawal.
on August 18th, 2008 at 10:56 am
At home it is worth noting that our town is punching well above its weight with attractive ladies (although you may disagree). This was reinforced by people from other, bigger towns and cities telling me how well we were off.
My point was basically in reference to further north=less attractive. It probably doesn’t vary much around the country.
Who knows anyway.
on August 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
You’re absolutely right, mrperson; our humble little town is home to a great proportion. Things may yet be more complex than they seem. Perhaps you can help me on my countrywide tour? People have the right to know the truth.
on August 18th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
“peppered throughout with good-natured jokes about those who couldn’t be there”
lol, was that me. Glad you all had a great time.
on August 19th, 2008 at 8:42 am
An oggling tour sounds good!