Tuesday 9 August - Ian was meant to work in London today so I had planned to take the bus in, visit a few museums and meet him for dinner then we could travel Back to Bristol together. Unfortunately, his company changed the plan last minute so I went on my own. I left Bristol at 9.30 and arrived in London around 12. luckily it was a warm sunny day so I was able to walk all the way to the V&A where I thoroughly perused the shop then had lunch in their excellent cafe before visiting the illustration awards, botanical prints, Beatrix potter botanical illustration exhibition as well as a number of other galleries. From there I took the tube to Westminster where I joined the massive queue to get into the famous Abbey. I wandered around the abbey following the audio guide which fairly uninformative considering how much history the abbey has. I saw the tombs of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scotts as well as the stones in poet's corner. There was a lot of beautiful sculpture, carving and brass plaques. I left the abbey shortly after 4.30 and made my way to Trafalgar square and from there to Covent Garden where I met up with Caryn and we had drinks and dinner at Brown's. It was lovely to catch up and here about her move back to London. When we finished we said goodbye and I walked back to Victoria station via st. James park and Buckingham palace. I got on the bus at 9 and was home shortly after 11.
No comments:
Post a Comment