London
Thursday, 4th January, 1990
o London, after sad farewells from Mac's parents. I hope they enjoyed our visit and are not too exhausted. We tried not to wear them out and obviously we have done our own thing but that is the way they wanted it. They knew they were too old and infirm to go about with us and they knew also that we would want to see a bit of the country. But we dropped in most days or evenings and saw quite a lot of them.
ur hotel room is very small, but adequate, I expect. Toilets and baths are rather a hike, but it is only two nights.
Friday, 5th January, 1990
ne long and busy day, today. We started off at the London Transport Museum. We walked our feet off looking at old buses, trains and memorabilia. Mac loved it. Then to Westminster where we took a boat trip to Greenwich, past the Tower and Bridge. Great, but freezing. Mac and I wrapped up well and stayed outside on deck with the wind in our faces. Geoff wimped out and stayed in the saloon which is a bar and heated, chatting up some woman. You couldn't see out of the windows because of the misting, so it seemed rather pointless. At Greenwich we saw the "Cutty Sark" clipper ship which is in drydock there, and Sir Francis Chichester's "Gypsy Moth" the yacht in which he sailed singlehanded around the world. We didn't have time to go to the Observatory, where the meridians are because we didn't want to miss the last boat back. We travelled back downriver in the bar, much more comfortable.
From the River Thames
hen, to top off the day, we went to MOMI, the Museum of the Moving Image. It holds the history of the movies and television. Absolutely fascinating and very well -presented, if one only had more time. Finding meals for Geoff had become a real bind by this time, we were always having to cut things short to go looking for food. Of course, it isn't Geoff's fault, he would prefer not to have to as well. However, at MOMI we saw all sorts of things from the very first camera obscura to a real Dalek! Geoff read a news report from an autocue and appeared on the TV screen outside. Didn't look or sound too bad, considering he was nearly past a meal time.
From the River Thames
