Gemmill 34140 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Your classic city cheese break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Just booked up for London next week. Taking the 10 year old down to see all the sites. @@Meenzer can you baby sit one night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausman 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Just spent a week in Brittany, absolutely superb. Would have liked to stay a lot longer. Ah well! next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13921 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Just booked up for London next week. Taking the 10 year old down to see all the sites. @@Meenzer can you baby sit one night? I'd like to think I am one of the sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8929 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just booked up for London next week. Taking the 10 year old down to see all the sites. @@Meenzer can you baby sit one night? Try and do the river boat, the Emirates Skyline (or whatever it's called) and the portrait gallery cafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13921 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The Emirates Air Line (cheers, Boris) is fine but it doesn't exactly do anything useful unless views of reclaimed industrial land are your thing. Then again, one end of it is at the O2, and it would be very CT to come to London just to eat at Nandos and go to the cinema, so why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Try and do the river boat, the Emirates Skyline (or whatever it's called) and the portrait gallery cafe What's the river boat or do you just mean a cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Couldn't get booked up anywhere decent close to the centre without paying a kings ransom. Eventually managed to find a dodgy apartment on Leicester square itself. Fingers crossed it's okay but my line of thought is we are hardy campers so it should be fine. Great location though and don't expect to be in it other than kip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30207 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The Natural History Museum is pretty good (not to mention free). It would certainly appeal to a bairn who liked dinosaurs. Your 10 year old would probably like it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13921 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 You can do worse than spend time in that neck of the woods generally, if the Natural History Museum gets boring then there's the Science Museum right next-door (and the V&A, but frankly who cares about the V&A), plus Hyde Park nearby for letting off some steam. And Harrods too, so you can pick up some artisan cherry tomatoes from the Food Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30207 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The best thing about the V&A (and it's comfortably the best thing about it) is its excellent bookshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) The Natural History Museum is pretty good (not to mention free). It would certainly appeal to a bairn who liked dinosaurs. Your 10 year old would probably like it too.Aye, it's top of the list. Did this trip with my twenty something daughters when they were similar and there's much to do for free in London. Avoiding things like the dungeons, tussauds etc. History museum, science, hamleys, palace , eye, big Ben, Meenzer, Covent garden, bus tour, river cruise, wok in a box...... Possibly a show. Edited August 8, 2014 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 You can do worse than spend time in that neck of the woods generally, if the Natural History Museum gets boring then there's the Science Museum right next-door (and the V&A, but frankly who cares about the V&A), plus Hyde Park nearby for letting off some steam. And Harrods too, so you can pick up some artisan cherry tomatoes from the Food Hall. Got some stuff from Harrods food court for a picnic in Hyde park during the Olympics. Food was Shit tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13921 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 wok in a box I think you mean a Wilde Bock from Herman ze German, don't you? Yes, you do. Good good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13921 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Got some stuff from Harrods food court for a picnic in Hyde park during the Olympics. Food was Shit tbh. Not altogether surprised tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30207 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Aye, it's top of the list. Did this trip with my twenty something daughters when they were similar and there's much to do for free in London. Avoiding things like the dungeons, tussauds etc. History museum, science, hamleys, palace , eye, big Ben, Meenzer, Covent garden, bus tour, river cruise, wok in a box...... Possibly a show. Yeah, it's definitely worth seeing, mate. Lovely old building as well. As Meenz points out, lots of other stuff very close by too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 I think you mean a Wilde Bock from Herman ze German, don't you? Yes, you do. Good good. Yup, that's going on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30207 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Got some stuff from Harrods food court for a picnic in Hyde park during the Olympics. Food was Shit tbh. Selfridges is near there too and more affordable / normal. Bairn would like the kids / toy bit too. Harrods is more one of those places to tick off the list as opposed to somewhere you'd actually buy anything iyam. Very nice food / booze bit in Selfridges too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19714 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 CT - go to Borough market on Friday or Saturday (2 mins from London Bridge station) for foodie heaven, coffee at monmouth then you can take a nice walk along the south bank from London Bridge to Waterloo - it's great because you can get to see most of the sites along the way (Tower Bridge, St Pauls, Tate Modern, Houses of Parliament), plus there's loads of touristy stuff en route. then you can walk over waterloo bridge and end up in the west end for trafalgar square then into the shopping and theatre districts. That's what I usually do when I've got people staying that don't know London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19714 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 And yes, the museums in Kensington are all mint for big and little kids alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 CT - go to Borough market on Friday or Saturday (2 mins from London Bridge station) for foodie heaven, coffee at monmouth then you can take a nice walk along the south bank from London Bridge to Waterloo - it's great because you can get to see most of the sites along the way (Tower Bridge, St Pauls, Tate Modern, Houses of Parliament), plus there's loads of touristy stuff en route. then you can walk over waterloo bridge and end up in the west end for trafalgar square then into the shopping and theatre districts. That's what I usually do when I've got people staying that don't know London. The walk sounds lovely but back home Friday am so won't get to the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 I most excited about seeing the fella in Trafalgar square on a morning with his pet Hawks that he uses to chase off the pigeons. Always has a cracking tale to tell and the birds are majestic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13921 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 BTW CT, the mother-in-law is visiting this weekend and we'll be out and about doing many of the same things, so I'll holler if I spot any special events/exhibitions or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 BTW CT, the mother-in-law is visiting this weekend and we'll be out and about doing many of the same things, so I'll holler if I spot any special events/exhibitions or whatever. nice one and holler if you see me. (shorts, trainers, white socks, optimistic stupid grin and hat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19714 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 CT hits the streets of London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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