I had a busy shift at work and left at 2pm to head home. Sophie left at the same time as this evening we were going to see Sam Campbell at Leicester's De Montfort Hall. We planned on driving to the city, parking behind The Golden Mile and doing some shopping before having an early dinner at Bobby's.
We had a lovely journey through the sunlit countryside and arrived in good time. The car park was empty, but we had to download an app to pay £2 for 24-hour parking. We went to a nearby supermarket first and bought some goodies, before heading across the road to Sharmilee for samosas and barfi. Next was the cellar shop where Sophie bought some pretty bowls for Laura and Daisy, and a sieve for cocktails.
We arrived at Bobby's at 5pm, perfect for an early dinner before the show. Sophie chose delicious food including the chaat sampler, the cassava fries, crispy okra, paneer tikka marsala, rice, chappatis and chilli paneer, which was delicious and reminded me of sweet and sour chicken. We ordered a Kingfisher beer to accompany the meal and thoroughly enjoyed the fabulous food and attentive service.
We found room for dessert this evening: Rassomolai which is a milk cake surrounded by cardamom-flavoured milk, sprinkled with pistachios. It was gorgeous! We paid the bill, waddled over to the car park and drove the short distance to De Montfort Hall through heavy traffic.
I'd pre-booked parking and I knew that when we went into the car park nearby it was the wrong one... we drove over to a man standing near the entrance to the theatre and he told us where to go. £10 gave us premium parking extremely close to the building and I was glad I'd pre-paid.
After a few minutes, the doors opened and we were able to go in and have a drink in the lovely area next to the two bars. There was an outside terrace as well overlooking parkland and the nearby De Montfort University (where Sophie looked at going to do her degree).
We had a very pleasant drink and then went into the auditorium to take our seats, which were great with a good view of the stage. Sophie thought he might have a support act, but he didn't and he came on straight away!
We'd only ever seen him on Would I Lie To You on BBC1 so we weren't sure what to expect, but he was completely bonkers! The one thing we loved about Sam Campbell, though, was his interaction with the audience, especially those unfortunate enough to be sitting in the front row... they were made fun of, one man had his keys taken away and then dumped in a bucket containing cereal and milk, and a man a few rows in front of us had his clothes criticised with Sam Campbell jumping off the stage and coming right up into the audience!
He made a lot of use of the giant screen behind him and towards the end of the show, he invited different people up to take part in a silly show about life insurance. The final group were all those wearing shorts, which was hilarious!
I'd definitely go back and see him again as we both laughed a lot (although not as much as the two stupid women behind us who cackled at everything).
It was still light when we emerged from the theatre and we had a great journey home. In Lamport, the beacon was still burning, which was great to see. Our pub was definitely busy with after-beacon-lighting revellers!
Keith was waiting up for us, but the most awful smell of lamb meat met us in the kitchen where Keith had cooked chops for his dinner. Then, when I looked into the conservatory, I saw a black shape on the floor and discovered it was a dead blackbird or starling. Ugh! Absolutely horrible! Not the nicest of welcomes after a long day!
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