Mizter T wrote:
On Jun 7, 8:27 pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:

On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:19:25 +0100, Arthur Figgis
wrote:
There are various heritage railways - the Mid Hants and (more awkwardly)
the Bluebell are reachable from London.
And Didcot is only an hour or so out, two stops from Paddington. Don't
bother with Hamleys, but definitely allow a whole day for the British
Museum. I work next to One Canada Square, it's not much of a tourist
attraction - can you go up to the top as a visitor? The top of the
three tall buildings in Canary Wharf does give a fabulous view over
London (I work 180ft up in that very square). The Royal Observatory
is close by.

There's no visitor access to One Canada Square or any of the other
skyscrapers at Canary Wharf. London isn't great with regards to being
able to visit the top of tall buildings, at least not simply to look
at the view - Post Office Tower's been off the agenda for years as
well of course, both the observation galleries and the restaurant.
There's a champagne bar at the top of Tower 42, aka the NatWest Tower,
but you need reservations. There's another restaurant at the top of
the Gherkin which affords great views, but that's a private dining
arrangement.

The millennium wheel aka London Eye is pretty good for the high
panoramic view over London, if the OP hasn't been on it I'd definitely
recommend it. A bit further down the river, there's the bar at the Oxo
Tower - it isn't that high up, but the views are good, as are the
pricey cocktails. The members balcony at the Tate Modern is good as
well, but it's obviously for members only, unless you manage to blag
it somehow. There's various other top floor or rooftop bars and
restaurants as well of course.

Anyway, I digress - this isn't what the OP asked about! FWIW, I'd say
Canary Wharf is an interesting place to visit in and of itself, even
if just taking a look around. The Museum in Docklands is pretty good
too.

The London Transport Museum is good, the RAF museum is at Hendon which
is a fair trek if you only have a week but well worth the effort if
you are a plane nut.

It's not really far away - though it does rather depend on where Jarle
is starting from of course!

Don't forget the views from Tower Bridge & St Pauls (interesting climb)

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Tony Dragon

On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:19:25 +0100, Arthur Figgis wrote:

The Tower, yes, the British museum, yes ... but Centrale shopping
centre, Croydon?!

That's just a conicidence. I had promised to do some shopping for my sister
at Zara, and that was as good a place as any.

That day was quite nice. It stated with a train to Orpington, where I
visited the Crofton Roman Villa [1] (they were surprised that a Norwegian
tourist should turn up all the way out in zone 6 ), while waiting for
the R8 bus which runs slightly less than hourly to Down House [2]. Darwin's
home had a nice audio tour narrated by David Attenborough, but the upstairs
exhibition was quite run-down and in need of an upgrade. This was in 2007,
there's a new exhibition now, of course. After that, I did a walk on a
public path to Biggin Hill [3], where I took a bus to New Addington,
Tramlink to Croydon, had dinner at Wagamama, and did some shopping at
Centrale. Then it was Tramlink to Wimbledon and District back to the hotel
at Turnham Green.

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[1] http://cka.moon-demon.co.uk/villa.htm
[2] http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/s...show=nav.14922
[3] http://bit.ly/3AreOf

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jhk