Comments on: London – Day Two http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:25:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36827 CherryPie Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:40:55 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36827 Well if I had known it was your birthday perhaps we could have made it a double celebration ;-) I love to visit London and see the museums and parks, I can't get enough of them, but I would hate to live or work there. I intensely dislike traveling from A-B by tube, I feel worn out before I get to my destination! The best museums are the ones that strike the balance between a traditional static display and a more interactive display with hands on for the kids to explore and find out for themselves. If the line is breached it can become 'theme parky' and that is not so good for learning. Well if I had known it was your birthday perhaps we could have made it a double celebration ;-)

I love to visit London and see the museums and parks, I can’t get enough of them, but I would hate to live or work there. I intensely dislike traveling from A-B by tube, I feel worn out before I get to my destination!

The best museums are the ones that strike the balance between a traditional static display and a more interactive display with hands on for the kids to explore and find out for themselves. If the line is breached it can become ‘theme parky’ and that is not so good for learning.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36826 CherryPie Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:32:12 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36826 I have never seen it this busy before!!! But I usually visit in autumn/winter and not the school holidays ;-) I missed the bench I was too focused on the poppies. I took nearly 100 photos in the short space of time I was there... I have never seen it this busy before!!! But I usually visit in autumn/winter and not the school holidays ;-)

I missed the bench I was too focused on the poppies. I took nearly 100 photos in the short space of time I was there…

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36825 CherryPie Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:29:55 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36825 There have been clues... And the latest post should reveal ;-) There have been clues… And the latest post should reveal ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36824 CherryPie Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:29:04 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36824 I have visited the V&A and we so nearly did this time... I need to go back, you have shown me some interesting things that I did not see on my brief visit. Thank you :-) I have visited the V&A and we so nearly did this time…

I need to go back, you have shown me some interesting things that I did not see on my brief visit.

Thank you :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36823 CherryPie Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:09:47 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36823 Thank you :-) I am glad you enjoyed them. Day one is still available for viewing ;-) Thank you :-) I am glad you enjoyed them.

Day one is still available for viewing ;-)

]]> By: Bernard http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36814 Bernard Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:06:06 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36814 Hi Cherie, Well' I'm a 'gentleman of a certain age' and I'm about to have a birthday, but I'm sure you did not venture this far south to see me. :-) You are very brave to venture into London. Having worked there (Hammersmith), and hated every day of the seven years of it, I swore, on retirement, never to set foot there again. Unfortunately my 'swear' didn't last long as my 'little part-time retirement job' required me to visit the British Library once a month! Well, I swallowed my pride and took the money for a few more years and then said, enough is enough. Never again. When I was a wee lad, we were taken into Birmingham on the tram to visit the Museums and they were nothing like you show us today. They were wonderful, fascinating, interesting and awe inspiring all the same to us boys even without all the 'hi-tech'. Today they do seem to me to be a bit more like a 'theme park', but hey-ho, I expect the kids of today still find them - wonderful, fascinating, interesting and awe inspiring? Cheers Unc B. Hi Cherie,
Well’ I’m a ‘gentleman of a certain age’ and I’m about to have a birthday, but I’m sure you did not venture this far south to see me. :-)
You are very brave to venture into London. Having worked there (Hammersmith), and hated every day of the seven years of it, I swore, on retirement, never to set foot there again. Unfortunately my ’swear’ didn’t last long as my ‘little part-time retirement job’ required me to visit the British Library once a month! Well, I swallowed my pride and took the money for a few more years and then said, enough is enough. Never again.
When I was a wee lad, we were taken into Birmingham on the tram to visit the Museums and they were nothing like you show us today. They were wonderful, fascinating, interesting and awe inspiring all the same to us boys even without all the ‘hi-tech’. Today they do seem to me to be a bit more like a ‘theme park’, but hey-ho, I expect the kids of today still find them – wonderful, fascinating, interesting and awe inspiring?
Cheers Unc B.

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36808 London Caller Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:52:50 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36808 The NHM is always so crazily busy! Oh you did see the poppies at Tower of London? I took a lot of pictures there too. :) Oh, actually there's a Book bench there! On the square overlooking the Tower. The NHM is always so crazily busy!
Oh you did see the poppies at Tower of London?
I took a lot of pictures there too. :)

Oh, actually there’s a Book bench there!
On the square overlooking the Tower.

]]> By: ubermouth http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36795 ubermouth Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:36:07 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36795 You mentioned earlier that this was a celebratory getaway...what was the occasion? Sounds like a great day out! You mentioned earlier that this was a celebratory getaway…what was the occasion?

Sounds like a great day out!

]]> By: Sackerson http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36793 Sackerson Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:10:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36793 At all costs, don't miss the V&A: http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sunday-in-london.html ... and what woman could resist the stunning Jewellery Collection (see the animal carvings by Faberge, for a start): http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/pic-of-day-v.html At all costs, don’t miss the V&A:

http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sunday-in-london.html

… and what woman could resist the stunning Jewellery Collection (see the animal carvings by Faberge, for a start):

http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/pic-of-day-v.html

]]> By: ....peter:) http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/08/20/london-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-36784 ....peter:) Thu, 21 Aug 2014 04:14:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13386#comment-36784 i missed day one because i couldn't get into you site last night Cherie... but i love this presentation... they are all superb images....peter:) i missed day one because i couldn’t get into you site last night Cherie… but i love this presentation… they are all superb images….peter:)

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