Florence and the Machine (a lawnmower, perhaps)

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: 20^th 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:

-          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.

-          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[1] 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[2], consider the following:

-          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)

-          Plants like rain, even if we’re not so fond of it

-          Heightened justification for indoor booze session later on

-          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[3] 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…)  

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[1] In terms of admission price, this establishment is really pushing it. It almost exceeds the pricing parameters of our exercise. Give it another year and it’ll be off the List. Although it may be necessary to adjust our rules for inflation.

[2] I have noticed that quite a lot of our visits involve being rained on (Museum of Immigration and Diversity anyone?), which is funny considering that museum-going is primarily an indoors activity.  

[3] Expensive trip, eh? No freebies today. Bummer.