Day 37 London

The Old Girl

The Australian red turned out to be OK.

Out at nine which seems to be our thing, down to the Underground, find the right station and off to the V and A, otherwise known as the Victoria and Albert Museum.

We arrive 10 minutes early and have to endure some light rain before we are offered shelter in the V and A.

The V and A is the museum of art and design and we head for the top floor to evade the crowds.

This works as we have it to ourselves for nearly 30 minutes. It is the ceramic and pottery section which is to be honest rather boring. The most interesting thing was a video of David Attenborough interviewing a famous potter (so famous I have never heard of her) who was 85 at the time, as she made some pots and fired them.

Then down a floor or so to the photographic section, which was small but much more interesting and then sculpture hall, which I like.

I must say I am rather partial to a semi-naked marble statue.

Over 2 ½ hours later we bale out for lunch, then head off to the Science Museum to look at the medical section on the top three floors.

The Science Museum

This was particularly interesting and well done with dioramas of medicine through the ages and then a more formal look at medicine. A must if this is your thing.

It’s now getting on for 3.00Pm and our feet ae sore (what’s new?).

So back onto the Underground for a stop at Leicester Square to get some cheap (we hope) tickets for a show tonight.

The Lion King is very expensive or the seats are poor, however we do decide on Warhorse for 52 Pound i.e. 26 pound each, which we think is pretty good for a live production. The girl at TKTS recommended it over Lion King, so we hope she is right. More later after the show.

Dinner of fish and chips, very poor compared with what we get in Oz and then a 15 minute walk to Drury lane for the show.

Quite a show with full-sized puppet horses being the real star of the show which is about a young man who gets a horse as a foal, brings it up only to have it requisitioned by the British Army in WW I and then is search to find.

Very well done and a recommended see if it comes to Australia.