Took the trouble and strife and street urcins down to Laandaan on the train yesterday to see the pearly kings and queens and visit the mother in law at the Natural History Museum.
It's well worth a visit - if you like spending hours looking at old bones, stuffed birds and creepy crawlies. Very similar to a night out at the local Nightclub! The moving 15 foot long T-Rex and other animatronic dinosaurs scared the pants off my youngest who shook, hid his face and asked to "walk past" until i moved. Thats what happens with kids sometimes. You spend so much time making sure they are ok that you miss alot of the exhibition yourself. I remember the same thing happened at the Witchcraft Museum at Boscastle. We only had one child then but he ran round at such a rate and was crashing into everything and i never got to see any of the displays!
The only thing that let the day down was the cost of the lunch at one of the museums cafes. As usual the wife spotted the most expensive item on the menu and we ended up paying £21 for 2 adults and 2 kids to eat! There is a picnic area there - so next time i will be taking a packed lunch for us all.
We also ventured into the Earth museum next door which has an escalator which takes you up into the center of a globe. It was well impressive! Lots of nice rocks to feel and an earthquake simulator which was good although a little tame.
As my youngest is also obsessed with Thomas The Tank Engine and anything to do with trains, he was in his element on the journey to an from Euston. He is now obsessed with Underground Trains too although i would think that being crushed by all those incosiderate bastards on the Victoria line during the rush hour would put anyone off let alone a 3 year old! He was chirping away happily about trucks and freight cars on the packed commuter train on the way home. He even managed to crack a smile from some of the other passengers when he announced that Leighton Buzzard was a funny name for the station. Bless. I used to hate noisy kids when i was a train commuter but i have no excuse now!
Looks like i got a proper train spotter in the making!
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I visited the very same museum back in 1985, and they had the earthquake simulator then!
Sorry, make that 1984!
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I've got a train in the tunnel, just can't shift it at then moment.....
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