I had to go up to town yesterday and so such photos as there
are, are of London and therefore probably less interesting than most photos of
London already on the internet.
It did occur to me that some aspects of this, particularly
the trains business could be useful to other local residents, so here we go.
So what does it cost? The answers are ballpark here based on
what we paid, just turning up at stations and paying there, in a fairly
disorganised and relaxed way. Adult return from Ramsgate £30, with senior
railcard £20, not sure about the children this time as we met them already
ticketed. This was for the fast 1 hour 15 (most expensive train) and covers all
of the trains.
Waiting at St Pancras over a cup of tea I got out a paint
brush and tried to sketch the ceiling.
My destinations BL and V&A was walk to the BL note the
Antony Gormleys in the photos – more to see in the sea at Margate.
Obviously if I had only been going to the V&A I would
have taken he other train to Victoria and walked to the V&A, how long the
train takes to get to London being balanced about which bit of London you
arrive in.
The walk to the V&A is 4.6 miles, so the company split,
me leading the underground component, I wasn’t there for Uncle Floyd – but the
free stuff so the V&A was freeish.
The contactless credit card used at the tube barriers
clocked up about £3.50 for the rerun journey and I think this would have been
around £5 buying a ticket.
The journey home was done using the St Pancras, Deal
Sandwich, terminating at Ramsgate route, over supper bought at the M&S at
St Pancras station, this takes about 1 hour 50 and is usually the quietest
train, that doesn’t involve incidents that can wake you up, should you doze
off, but as it terminates in Ramsgate does offer a high probability of waking
up in Ramsgate and not Margate.
My main difficulty in London was finding a quiet spot, with
a comfortable table and chair, near a loo, with a view I could paint and a
decent pot of tea. On this visit I failed.
The nearest I got was at the V&A where is started to
sketch, but was defeated refrigeration machinery which was too noisy, and
decaffeinated coffee in a paper cup.
That said I think I will be able, like Daisy – to pull
something orf there next time, perhaps a folding teapot, a Yorkshire teabag,
moving round one place, the right hat and interrupting with. “I want a clean
cup.” I am developing a pln nomicly.
Here are the photos on my camera card http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/817L/id6.htm
Here are the latest lot of books to go out in the bookshop
here in Ramsgate http://michaelsbookshop.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/spongebob-in-bookshop.html
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