Thursday 13th April was a big day in the history of the European Capital of Culture Committee sass they finalised arrangements for the forthcoming trip to Athens and Elefsina We arranged to meet at Kings Cross for 11 am and Garry and I met up at Pinner.
On the way I looked up possible museums in the Kings Cross area and came up with the London Canal Museum. Rather than adjourning to the pub at 11 am we walked around to find this museum. Naturally the museum sat beside a basin just off the Regents Park extension of the Grand Union Canal.
As soon as we had paid £5.50 for our tickets a museum volunteer offered to tell us a bit more about the history of the building. The place had originally been built for a Swiss emigre who had created a profitable business importing ice from Norway. There was a huge pit where the ice was stored and then distributed to businesses in London.
The museum’s most impressive artefact consisted of a tractor to pull barges along the canal. I persuaded Jon to sit one the tractor but he refused to place the available cap and scarf on and pulled a miserable face.
We spent about 1 hour looking at the information provided and pictures that were around the building before we emerged again and walked to the pub. Garry had looked up reviews for pubs in the Kings Cross area and had discovered The Fellow. Although it was already 12:30 when we entered we were their first customers of the day. The beer was ok but the food wass decidedly average. I had a steak sandwich and it was as tough as old boots. Luckily I have a good set of teeth. We discussed all the necessary arrangements and drank a couple of pints.
After I drinking session we waked to the British Library to have a cup of coffee but all the tables were full so Garry and I decided it was time to call it a day and we made our way back to Kings Cross tube and made our way home.