Mr Hoot

The day dawned clear and cold. Last night’s gloomy weather forecast hadn’t eventuated. My feet were behaving better and actually did as they were told most of the time (my left foot tried to scamper off once or twice and I had to give it a stern talking to). After I had breakfast, I jumped on a Tube from Russell Square to South Kensington. Once I had mastered the intricacies of the OysterCard, everything went smoothly.

Nothing in Britain seems to open until 10am so I went for a walk to Kensington Gardens for an hour. By this time dark clouds had gathered in the sky and the wind got a bit colder. I wasn’t too impressed with this park but was interested to have a look at the Peter Pan statue. I returned to the Albert Memorial where a bus-load of Japanese tourists were all taking photos of each other.

I visited the Natural History Museum first. This was always my favourite. The building itself is amazing let alone the collection inside. The dinosaur display was fantastic. The blue whale display is always impressive but someone should really dust the thing! I also took a photo of a Dodo as I promised John at work I would.

Next was the Victoria and Albert Museum. I had never visited it before and probably won’t again – it’s just not my bag. Weather was better again with the grey clouds passing over.

Then the Science museum. I loved the space stuff and all the steam engines. It was supposed to be a day where I didn’t do too much walking but there’s a lot of walking to do around the galleries in museums.

Back on the Tube I decided to stop off at Piccadilly to see Eros. When I got there, it dawned on me that Regent Street ran off the Circus, so I set off for Hamley’s Toys Shop. I bought a double decker bus for Matthew (don’t tell him!). Then back to the hotel.

Had a nice curry for dinner at a restaurant almost next door.

Perhaps tomorrow I will have a non-walking day!