So, I am going to be in London with my sister (
paula_l_w) on Thursday, however I'm not entirely sure how we're going to cope... for those that don't know, she's disabled, so can't walk too well. Normally, we'd get around this by taking her out in her wheelchair. However, by all accounts, London Underground & wheelchairs do not exactly go hand-in-hand. This leaves me with one of two options: either have Paula walk round London (we'd not be going far from tube stations, so it wouldn't be that bad) or try and get round by bus. There are problems with each option. Firstly, she's not great with escalators, and going up and down so many stairs is not an option. Secondly, I haven't a clue about busses in London - people tell me they're great and you can get anywhere on them, but I don't know a thing about them - my geography of London is based on the proximity of each place I know to the nearest tube station. Therefore not only would I not know what bus to get on, I wouldn't know where to get off! I think we'll be spending most of our time at museums - just for something to do.
From looking at various websites, it looks like The British Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, and The Victoria & Albert Museum. We're not going to make it round every part of every museum, but we'll just look at bits of this and bits of that. The latter 3 are easy to get to from Kensington, whereas The British Museum is close to Tottenham Court Road (where there's also a Waterstones and a Caffe Nero). I imagine we'll also end up at Paula's favourite eaterie (Pizza Hut), which I know is in Picadilly Circus. The other thing I'm concerned about with the underground is if she can get through the barriers quickly enough...
I'm determined to make the day work, though, so any advice London-based people can give me would be most welcome!
Tags: london, travel
Current Mood: 
contemplative
