London Transport Museum

Woke up to no water today in South London. Very unpleasant so we are going to spend the day in London where water is a plenty. Eventually the water came back online and we were all able to have showers. Once we destinkafied, we all headed out.

Maegan and Enzo went to Adam and Berta’s house to help them with wedding stuff. We made our way to the London Transport Museum. This exhibits the history of public transport in London from horses to the present day buses and Tube. It is located in the old flower markets in Covent Garden, where a scene from My Fair Lady was filmed.

We started back in time when the horse drawn carriage was on the scene carrying passengers around London. This progressed to the horse drawn Omnibus where more passengers could be moved around the town therefore making it more affordable to people. From here it grew and other types of transport were tried but was not as reliable or able to carry as many passengers as the horse drawn vehicles.

Then came along the train which was disruptive to the houses so it was decided to have the train routes below ground- the Tube was born as Londoners main transport. It was so interesting to see the old modes of transportation and we could sit in some of the carriages and rails cars to see what it was like many years ago.

After the Transport Museum we did a spot of shopping in the Covent Markets, Dan again had a good day buying himself a very nice leather satchel. We wandered around the Covent Garden Area before getting a cab to Adams house for an evening nibble and to meet Burta’s parents who have come over from Spain for the wedding tomorrow. Such lovely people.

We have a big day tomorrow so will try to get a good nights rest.Read more