Sarah and I went to 2 museums this past weekend, and two things stood out:
1, Sarah knows some really cool pubs
2, The Gardening Museum is overpriced AND so is its shop. £4 for a badge! I don't think so. The frugal side of Sarah agrees. There were things in the Florence Nightingale Museum that were pretty cool and cheap that would probably have cost an arm and a leg in the Garden Museum (geddit?)
Anyway, check out the cool itinerary:
Pics to follow...
Itinerary: 20th May
As the first outing as
an ex-Lambeth employee, I thought this would provide an ideal opportunity to
revisit the borough. Two factors may strike you:
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Having
served a five-year long apprenticeship studying the not-too-exciting subject of
public sector accounting in what can be described as a “challenging” local
authority, Sarah insists on returning to the borough within weeks of leaving
the job.
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Selfishness
of motivation – no thought whatsoever to Vicky’s views on said borough, this is
all about Sarah and her flawed desire to relive the Lambeth dream.
My sincere apologies if
you feel shunted. However, this is going to be FUN. Plus our meeting point,
Lambeth North, is on the Bakerloo line so I have tried to accommodate your
needs in one respect at least.
Let’s meet at Lambeth
North tube station at 1.30pm
Let’s pray for sunshine
on the day, because we’re heading to The
Garden Museum (Admission: £7.50 Lambeth
Palace Rd, London SE1 7LB http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/).
I am not confident this will be enjoyable in the rain, being outside and all. If
this situation does arise however, before focusing on Sarah’s misjudged
decision to schedule outdoor visits when the probability of poor weather is extremely
high,
consider the following:
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There
is an indoor exhibition to view, won’t that be nice? (Let’s ignore the fact
that it has added on at least a couple of quid to the admission price)
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Plants
like rain, even if we’re not so fond of it
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Heightened
justification for indoor booze session later on
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Given
the garden theme, I’m predicting an older demographic of visitor at this museum.
They’ll feel the chill, damp etc. way more than us. Hurrah for that!
After the Garden Museum
visit, having hopefully not frozen our arses off, it’s time for yet more
medical history at The Florence
Nightingale Museum (Admission: £5.80 199
Westminster Bridge Road London, Greater London SE1 7UT http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/cms/).
If this tells us anything we didn’t already know about the history of medicine I’d
be surprised, but you never know!
Rest of the afternoon –
you know the score. But remember the rule – not too silly! (Especially given my
Boris Bike membership, things could get dangerous…)
