Londres

Si i thought i would get a jump on 'Doors Open London' by starting a day early at one of the recommended sites, Towers Hamlet Cemetery in east London. It was a good start to the day, very overgrown and atmospheric, but also accessible and park-like. Also there weren't many people around which was nice.  I took alot of pictures but here's just a taste...

From there i went on to the Geoffyre Museum, a museum of period rooms in an series of old almshouses. It also had a lovely garden and great cafe which were a welcome break in the middle of the day.

After some fishcakes and salad i carried on down to Whitechapel, and the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. This is where Big Ben was cast and is still very much an operating foundry casting bells for churches all over the world. The image of the bell around the door is the template of Big Ben. They had alot of great archival material around about how bells are cast and what bells they have cast. The nice lady explained 'change ringing' to me but please don't ask me to repeat it.

I also scored one of these super key chains for my vast key chain collection.


Carrying on through Whitechapel i stopped at the Whitechapel Gallery for some contemporary art. Sadly no photos allowed. And finally on the way back to my hotel i glanced in at the Wallace collection for a brief look around. Phew!

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