Moving to the Midlands

Not long now until M-day. By 'M' day, I mean of course, I am Moving to the Midlands; which I am quite looking forward to. I went for a walk around Leicester the other week, and I was impressed by the city and its amenities owing to the fairly copious number of museums and also the number of shops and shopping areas. I was also rather impressed by the Sainsbury petrol station there, the busiest in the country, with a mere 30 pumps if you please. The branch is so busy that it never closes being open 24 hours a day. Customers are allowed into the shop throughout the night, whilst the staff are kept safe by a floor to ceiling glass enclosure much like a bank. I am sure other cities in the Midlands will be the subjects of visits before long. Having been to Brighton, Bath, Winchester and Salisbury, which are fairly southern based, it will be nice to visit the midland equivalents, Warwick perhaps, Worcester and dare one say it Birmingham.
On other matters, one piece of good news, one piece of bad news. The bad news is that W.F. Deedes, subject of one of the first personality of the week articles, has died. Cafe Lumiere sends its condolences to his family and hopes Deedes has found there to be the afterlife which he believed in.
It is also Stephen Fry's 50th birthday and the BBC has set up a website to celebrate. You can find out more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/stephen-fry.shtml. Enjoy...!