Nice day for it The Boy enjoyed his day out. We did as
We
The observatory provided me with my daily dose of inner
planned, woke up late, had a big breakfast in the garden then took the
train to Waterloo. From there we strolled along the Thames to London
Bridge, took the Jubilee line to Canary Warf and then the DLR to Cutty
Sark aiming for Greenwich Park and the Observatory. The journey was the
opportunity for many a joke about green witches of course (8 year olds
have the most peculiar sense of humour) and I dutifully laughed at
every one of them.
The Boy insisted we should get on board the Cutty Sark
so we did. I had been on it as a teenager but somehow in my memory it
was a lot bigger. The Boy tried to work out how many bushes of tea we'd
need to plant in the garden to keep me supplied for a year (too many)
and thoroughly enjoyed it.
then moved on to the Royal Naval College. The Boy spent a while looking
at the painted ceiling in the Painted Hall. A few minutes later when we
went to the National Maritime Museum he pulled me towards the wave
machine to demonstrate how he could make small waves and bigger ones
and we tried to work out which would be best for body boarding. Next
stop was the observatory by which point he was a bit too tired to take
the exibits in so we cut the visit short and made our way back to
Canary Warf to take the Thames clipper westbound and catch the train
home.
giggle when a child asked his father who John Flamsteed was and the
father answered "the first astronaut". Greenwich we have lift off!
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(12.7.05 11:21) What a great day out have a sweetie for being a SUPERMUM |
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Jiiiiim!!! / Website (13.7.05 13:23) T'cha! Everyone knows John Flamsteed was the first man in space. And Neil and Buzz Flamsteed were the first men on the moon.... |
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(14.7.05 08:04) Thanks for the sweetie Princess. Not sure about supermum though, just lucky he likes walking around and absorbing information. Jiiiim!!! Of course, everybody knows that. |
