Layers of time

Old fashioned police call box

Schnauzer chasing squirrels 

and we did a lovely top with purple flowers

Museum of London

The only Invaders in a museum

Street art snapping

Malta has 365 churches,
one for each day of the year.
London must have enough pubs for
every minute of the year.

Rosewood Hotel

Rosewood Hotel

Rosewood Hotel

Sunday maintenance has limited the trains and tubes on our planned adventure. So we change tack and head into the city to the Museum of London. A short detour to Postman’s Park to see if Amanda and Jackie are there, instead we find a schnauzer chasing a squirrel. 

The Museum of London documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times. Jane starts a game where we imagine all the type of people that came before us from each time period. We meander through the year seeing finds from all over London. The Booth maps are fascinating and show which areas are poor and rich. But the best bit is the discovery of an Invader in Victorian London. Exit through the gift shop and its on the bus down to Holborn.

Next stop on the tourist trail is Red Lion Square for a little bit more of William Morris, Dante Rossetti and John Harrison. We also learn that this is the possible resting place of Oliver Cromwell after he was posthumously beheaded. Gruesome. Then following an argument over land development there was a pitched battle in this park between lawyers and builders in 1684 with lots of injuries. Another example of the layers and layers of history that make up every square inch of London. Today it is a little park to walk the dog and a bit on the grotty side. What will it be in 100 years time? A parking lot for flying jetpacks?

Moving on, what is this building? Beautiful proportions, fancy carriageway entrance? It was an insurance building, now its a hotel. Let's have a look around. The uniformed staff and fancy cars are a dead giveaway. Luxury at its best and they have a residence dog. Time for a toilet stop and lets see what hand cream they use.

Now its time to head to the movies, alas our session is sold out. So on to the National Gallery we go. Then home to Lewisham for some grocery shopping with fish for dinner.