Life's about experiences. These are mine.
Uncharted territory for me today as I headed to Pinner in northwest London to visit a museum dedicated to a man whose name became a noun used to describe fantastical machines over-engineered to carry out simple tasks – W. Heath Robinson. From here on in I am going to refer to him as WHR to …
It has only been ten days since our last leg of the Thames Path but the weather is noticeably colder now and coats and hats were the order of the day. The travel involved to get to and from the start and end points is also getting increasingly more convoluted which perhaps indicates that we …
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Slightly delayed due to train strikes earlier in the week today we were back on the Thames Path for the next leg. Starting from where we left off last time at Westminster heading on to Putney Bridge some eight miles further upstream. Where are all the people? I have written about this phenomenon before but …
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It was with some trepidation this morning that I entered the National Portrait Gallery to see an exhibition of photographs taken by Paul McCartney. Would going to a Paul McCartney photographic exhibition be a bit like going to a Linda McCartney pop concert? The photos in question cover a relatively short but important period in …
Much earlier start today as we were able to leave the hotel at 8:30 and immediately get started. This had the advantage of missing the hotter part of the day and it was quieter too. This leg was initially not overly interesting as you tried to navigate around all the converted warehouses which went right …
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This was the second of my two trips around Parliament today. The first, The State Apartments Of Speaker’s House Tour I completed in the morning and at 3 pm I joined 11 others to climb the 334 steps up to Big Ben. The tower, officially called the Elizabeth Tower after it was renamined from the …
This is the first of two trips I took around different parts of the Palace of Westminster, probably better known as the Houses of Parliament, today. I have been around the chambers of government and the lords previously and visited the house for PMQs. Today, it was a couple of new areas that they have …
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Visit Britain ran a promotion recently whereby if you signed up to their marketing emails you got in return a £20 voucher, which just goes to show how much your personal data is worth these days. Figuring that whoever wants my personal data already has it I signed up and duly received my voucher. The …
Whenever I post about some mode of transport I have taken or visit a transport museum I feel the need to refute claims that I am a bit of a train spotter. That’s becoming increasingly difficult as time passes and today’s post isn’t going to help one little bit. The London Transport Museum Depot is …
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In this months episode of ‘Why don’t you just switch off your television set and go out and do something less boring instead‘ I went to the Science Museum and specifically to visit a temporary exhibition called Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination. General Exhibits Before heading to the exhibition I had a …
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