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A Tale of Two Museums (and two lunches)
Aug. 10th, 2013 06:27 pmLast Tuesday I met up with friends (former work colleagues) and saw the Brunel Museum, followed by a wander and a pub lunch. Then, on Wednesday, the whole family travelled up to Royston and saw Royston Museum, again followed by lunch. Both were small, run by enthusiastic volunteers and could be seen within an hour.
The Brunel Museum is tiny and is mainly about watching the video. I suspect a visit is best combined with either one of the Guided Walks to the Thames Tunnel or the Midnight Apothecary (cocktails with herbs), but what I did see was very interesting. It tells the story of father (Sir Marc Brunel) and son (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) and the various things they constructed (including the Thames Tunnel and Paddington Station). I particularly liked the small reproduction of the construct used to dig the tunnel. We went on from there for what was probably a 20-30 minute walk to The Anchor Tap. It was a beautiful pub with lots of different little rooms, but the food was a bit meh and had that mass-produced-and-then-reheat feel to it.
Royston Museum is slightly larger than the Brunel Museum and on two floors. The ground floor contains pieces from Royston's history (including a rather marvellous printing press) while the upper floor displays private collections and the Royston tapestry (which is not as exciting as it sounds). Whilst a town museum, it was a good place to take Ryan and Bea as there was an "exhibit hunt" designed for children which they both got to solve (and were given little stickers for completing). Again, I suspect Royston Museum is best combined with a visit to Royston cave, but worth a look if you are ever in the town. We went from there to the nearby Thai which did wonderful food and a cheap lunchtime menu.
Yesterday we had a new sofa delivered. This means that our lounge has more seating space than it used to, particularly until we bin the red chair. Reeve sniffed around the arrival and then settled on the window sill. However his new snooze spot was disturbed by a fly - which I assume came in with the delivery - and so a very angry cat could be seen chasing a winged insect around the room. Reeve lost the chase - which did not improve his mood (the fly cheated by using "up" a lot).![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bateleur and I sat on the new sofa last night to watch Iron Man (from LoveFilms) and are agreed that it was better than the black sofa as it did not shed cushions so easily.
The Brunel Museum is tiny and is mainly about watching the video. I suspect a visit is best combined with either one of the Guided Walks to the Thames Tunnel or the Midnight Apothecary (cocktails with herbs), but what I did see was very interesting. It tells the story of father (Sir Marc Brunel) and son (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) and the various things they constructed (including the Thames Tunnel and Paddington Station). I particularly liked the small reproduction of the construct used to dig the tunnel. We went on from there for what was probably a 20-30 minute walk to The Anchor Tap. It was a beautiful pub with lots of different little rooms, but the food was a bit meh and had that mass-produced-and-then-reheat feel to it.
Royston Museum is slightly larger than the Brunel Museum and on two floors. The ground floor contains pieces from Royston's history (including a rather marvellous printing press) while the upper floor displays private collections and the Royston tapestry (which is not as exciting as it sounds). Whilst a town museum, it was a good place to take Ryan and Bea as there was an "exhibit hunt" designed for children which they both got to solve (and were given little stickers for completing). Again, I suspect Royston Museum is best combined with a visit to Royston cave, but worth a look if you are ever in the town. We went from there to the nearby Thai which did wonderful food and a cheap lunchtime menu.
Yesterday we had a new sofa delivered. This means that our lounge has more seating space than it used to, particularly until we bin the red chair. Reeve sniffed around the arrival and then settled on the window sill. However his new snooze spot was disturbed by a fly - which I assume came in with the delivery - and so a very angry cat could be seen chasing a winged insect around the room. Reeve lost the chase - which did not improve his mood (the fly cheated by using "up" a lot).
bateleur and I sat on the new sofa last night to watch Iron Man (from LoveFilms) and are agreed that it was better than the black sofa as it did not shed cushions so easily.
