There's a pool close by! The Centre is being renovated so there are no showers for pool users ("Please don't use the dry side showers"—why ever not, I say, since stinking gym users can't be less objectionable than dripping, chlorinated swimmers). There are no 5 metre markers in or above the pool so doing backstroke is dangerous. Still, we're happy to be able to get a swim. I hope I can swim every day!
Since the Tube was out of action, Mum and Gillian came across using the National Rail, which is hideously expensive and mostly not useable with an Oyster card. But at least they got here and we all walked across the bridge to Kew Botanical Gardens.
Kew is an important horticultural research centre with a seed bank, many collections of exotic plants (including Wollemi pines) and, soon, a very large collection of fungi.
Daniel had a play in the children's section and the "evolution" house (no dinosaurs though). We also went on the treetop walk—not unlike Tasmania's Tahune Air Walk but not as high—and the Temperament House (a greenhouse full of exotic species).
After that, we had dinner at a local restaurant near the Gardens and walked home. It was a very nice day.
There's a pool close by! The Centre is being renovated so there are no showers for pool users ("Please don't use the dry side showers"—why ever not, I say, since stinking gym users can't be less objectionable than dripping, chlorinated swimmers). There are no 5 metre markers in or above the pool so doing backstroke is dangerous. Still, we're happy to be able to get a swim. I hope I can swim every day!
Since the Tube was out of action, Mum and Gillian came across using the National Rail, which is hideously expensive and mostly not useable with an Oyster card. But at least they got here and we all walked across the bridge to Kew Botanical Gardens.
Kew is an important horticultural research centre with a seed bank, many collections of exotic plants (including Wollemi pines) and, soon, a very large collection of fungi.
Daniel had a play in the children's section and the "evolution" house (no dinosaurs though). We also went on the treetop walk—not unlike Tasmania's Tahune Air Walk but not as high—and the Temperament House (a greenhouse full of exotic species).
After that, we had dinner at a local restaurant near the Gardens and walked home. It was a very nice day.
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