8:30 PM Wednesday 1st May 2013. Just back from our day trip today and this comes under the 'Modern' category. Before I continue with this post I'm going to get you to guess what/where this might be. I'll give you a few days and I'll also give you a clue. It's in London. There, that [...]
Browsing Posts tagged Museums
Medieval, Monumental and Modern
1 May 2013 at 7:31 pm
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Trains, Cranes and Cobbles
21 April 2013 at 2:20 pm
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Chance is a fine thing. Our weather forecasters invariably get it wrong but occasionally a forecast will turn out to be right purely by chance. Saturday was one of those forecasts. It was forecast to be sunny all day and so it was. We leaped on a train, figuratively speaking, and leaped off at Stratford [...]
Plan A or Plan B?
21 February 2013 at 12:12 pm
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Wednesday 20th February was Marie's birthday and we had planned to meet her in London for a day out. The weather forcast for that day was cold and overcast but dry so we planned to visit the Museum of London, then lunch, then the Wallace Collection. On the Tuesday before, the weather forecast suddenly changed, [...]
It’s a jungle out there!
3 December 2012 at 3:12 pm
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It's definitely a jungle although perhaps it's a desert! Well actually it's both! For the sake of the narrative we'll call this place 'The Conservatory' irrespective of the fact that emblazoned across the top of each entrance doorway are the words 'The Conservatory'. I'm glad we've got that straight. Just recently the weather has been [...]
The Republic of Texas
1 September 2012 at 5:42 pm
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Just in case you wondered, the subject heading is relevant and we'll get to it later. Days where the sun has been out for most of the day have been few and far between this year and, we are told, this summer has been the wettest for 100 years so we couldn't afford to miss [...]
The best laid plans of mice and men . . . .
15 June 2012 at 1:54 pm
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Did you know that Google Maps can be used to navigate when using public transport in London? You can use it either on your computer before you go or on your smartphone whilst on the move. We planned to go to London yesterday. I wanted to go to the British Museum again and Amanda wanted [...]
The Prospect of Whitby, Captain Kidd and the Town of Ramsgate
30 March 2012 at 2:57 pm
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Another Thursday – another trip to Wapping. Let me explain to our various overseas visitors that Wapping is not pronounced the way it is spelled but instead it's pronounced 'Wopping'. Now that we've got that sorted I'll remind you that at the end of the last report I said: "Perhaps we'll get better weather next [...]
The trip that nearly wasn’t.
23 March 2012 at 11:30 am
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Wednesday 21st March The London weather forecast from the Meteorological Office for tomorrow (Thursday) is sunny all day and we believe them don't we? A trip to London tomorrow sounds possible. Thursday 22nd March Up early ready for our trip to London and Amanda listens to the travel news on the radio. Oh oh! There [...]
My New Torch
2 February 2012 at 6:28 pm
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When we went on our last trip to London I took a photograph of Tower Bridge illuminated at night and that was when I realised something important. I couldn't see the controls on my camera in the dark so if I wanted to change a setting I had to walk across to the nearest source [...]
Stairs, reflections and sunlight.
14 January 2012 at 2:26 pm
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All the stairs were the greatest problem with relections and sunlight next. But I'm getting a little ahead of myself so let's start at the beginning. Friday 13th January 2012 saw us headed out to London once again on our first day trip of the year. Our last trip was three months ago and was [...]
