Millenium London

Updated 30DEC1999
Updated 24JAN2000 : First week
Updated 28JAN2000 : Second week, brief notation

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Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
16JAN2000 16:55 Sydney SYD 16JAN2000 16:55 GMT+11 QF 9 Departure Elizabeth departs Sydney
16JAN2000 23:55 Singapore 16JAN2000 23:55 GMT+11 BA 5 Departure Elizabeth changes planes
17JAN2000 10:25 Washington IAD 16JAN2000 18:25 GMT-5 BA 216 Departure
seat 70A pre-booked

17JAN2000 16:35 London LHR 17JAN2000 05:35 GMT BA 12 Arrival Elizabeth arrives

17JAN2000 17:35 London LHR 17JAN2000 06:35 GMT BA 216 Arrival

GSM phone now available; call +61 4144 25368 (CKENT)
Elizabeth's GSM call +61 4111 25518

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
16JAN2000 16:55	Sydney SYD	16JAN2000 16:55 GMT+11	QF 9 Departure	Elizabeth departs Sydney
16JAN2000 23:55	Singapore	16JAN2000 23:55 GMT+11	BA 5 Departure	Elizabeth changes planes
17JAN2000 10:25	Washington IAD	16JAN2000 18:25 GMT-5	BA 216 Departure seat 70A pre-booked



17JAN2000 16:35	London LHR	17JAN2000 05:35 GMT	BA 12 Arrival	Elizabeth arrives



17JAN2000 17:35	London LHR	17JAN2000 06:35 GMT	BA 216 Arrival

London hostel
Globetrotters Travel Centre
86 Dalling Road, Hammersmith, London W6 0JF
+44 181 748 4834 phone/fax
Heathrow to hostel
Buy monthly pass (requires photo)
Piccadilly line 10 stops to Acton Town
District line 4 stops to Ravenscourt Park
Exit tube station at Ravenscourt Place
Left, walk east 1 block to end of Ravenscourt Place
Continue along footlane into Dalling Road
Left, walk north along Dalling Road under railway bridge
Straight, walk north 2 blocks, cross-street Redmore Road
Hostel on right
Internet cafe nearby
Websurfer Cafe
79 Goldhawk Road, London W12
+44 181 932 0117
http://www.websurfercafe.co.uk

Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
18JAN2000 Reading pub 17JAN2000 evening TVTL meeting Went and saw Hammersmith and Harrods earlier in the day, but was totally zonked. Caught train out from Ealing-Broadway, took much longer than a Paddington service, but we got one of those 180km/h XPT-ish services back and managed to avoid any fines by showing them the 6-zone tube pass.
19JAN2000 Westminster 18JAN2000 Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, House of Commons and House of Lords Question Time The Big Ben looks much nicer now with its touch-up of golden livery.

This parliament is a model to the world on how question times should be handled; the behaviour was exemplary (with the odd exception of some sexism, "demented meercats"). Unfortunately, Australia imported the exact same model but somehow screwed up. Either the compulsory voting or the pool of population to select from?

We got the number 9 bus the wrong way around and nearly missed BBC2 at 6:30pm!
20JAN2000 Covent Garden 19JAN2000 Shops, shops, London Transport Museum, shops Well this was fun. As predicted, managed to blow a huge whole in the wallet at the Transport Museum shop!

Everywhere around here seems to have a shop selling spuds. Mmmmm!
21JAN2000 South Kensington museum district 20JAN2000 V&A Museum Unfortunately, a combination of fatigue catching up on me, and Elizabeth deciding to start history in chronological order, got me too uninterested so I went home to have a nap. Never mind, she has to come back anyway to see the second half (taking twice as long as predicted!) and we got to go out to a Hungarian restaurant -- I love cheesy pancakes!
22JAN2000 Reading district 21JAN2000 Junkers NAZI bomb site, a spooky lane with a St Mary's Church, a castle besieged for 20 months and destroyed during the Civil War, a house from Planet of the Spiders, the "real" Devil's End (from The Daemons), the Ufrington Horse circa 3000BC, and the town where everything was a robot replica from The Android Invasion. Yes yes, three of these were pilgrimages to Doctor Who sites where they shot the outdoor filming, oh, around 25 years ago. Not that they looked any different one bit! The horse is the oldest, oldest "thing" in all of England and was very nice during sunset, with sheep grazing on the plateau just behind it.
23JAN2000 Notting Hill 22JAN2000 Portobello Road, more Portobello Road, even more Portobello Road Jeez this thing is long ... yes literally the largest collection of antiques in the world. Of course we had to go on a Saturday, so naturally Elizabeth had basically made it 100 metres down the road, less than a block, by sunset (not that that means anything). But there were some really deep galleries in the street's houses. This trip is beginning to look like a month is barely enough.
24JAN2000 ... the tube? 23JAN2000 Rest day, maybe Argh this day was a mess, but at least managed to get this stuff done!
25JAN2000 Greenwich 24JAN2000 Docklands Light Rail; Millenium Dome; Blackadder Goes Back and Forth; The Old Royal Observatory
26JAN2000 Shepherd's Bush, Tottenham Court Road 25JAN2000 BBC Television Centre photo op; British Museum
27JAN2000 Westminster, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus 26JAN2000 A full tour of the Palace of Westminster and House of Commons; lunch at Garfunkels; campuses of the University of Westminster; Criterion Theatre to see The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) by the Reduced Shakespeare Company
28JAN2000 Tower Hill 27JAN2000 (No Tower Pageant); Tower of London, Crown Jewels, White Tower, etc; Tower Bridge "Experience"
29JAN2000 Earl's Court, White City, Oxford Circus 28JAN2000 Photo op with geniune Police Box; Full tour of BBC Television Centre; Carnaby Street; BBC Experience at BBC Broadcast House
30JAN2000 Portsmouth 29JAN2000 Daytrip; Hellblossom play
31JAN2000 Windsor 30JAN2000 Windsor Castle

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
18JAN2000	Reading pub	17JAN2000 evening	TVTL meeting	Went and saw Hammersmith and Harrods earlier in the day, but was totally zonked. Caught train out from Ealing-Broadway, took much longer than a Paddington service, but we got one of those 180km/h XPT-ish services back and managed to avoid any fines by showing them the 6-zone tube pass.
19JAN2000	Westminster	18JAN2000	Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, House of Commons and House of Lords Question Time	The Big Ben looks much nicer now with its touch-up of golden livery. This parliament is a model to the world on how question times should be handled; the behaviour was exemplary (with the odd exception of some sexism, "demented meercats"). Unfortunately, Australia imported the exact same model but somehow screwed up. Either the compulsory voting or the pool of population to select from? We got the number 9 bus the wrong way around and nearly missed BBC2 at 6:30pm!
20JAN2000	Covent Garden	19JAN2000	Shops, shops, London Transport Museum, shops	Well this was fun. As predicted, managed to blow a huge whole in the wallet at the Transport Museum shop! Everywhere around here seems to have a shop selling spuds. Mmmmm!
21JAN2000	South Kensington museum district	20JAN2000	V&A Museum	Unfortunately, a combination of fatigue catching up on me, and Elizabeth deciding to start history in chronological order, got me too uninterested so I went home to have a nap. Never mind, she has to come back anyway to see the second half (taking twice as long as predicted!) and we got to go out to a Hungarian restaurant -- I love cheesy pancakes!
22JAN2000	Reading district	21JAN2000	Junkers NAZI bomb site, a spooky lane with a St Mary's Church, a castle besieged for 20 months and destroyed during the Civil War, a house from Planet of the Spiders, the "real" Devil's End (from The Daemons), the Ufrington Horse circa 3000BC, and the town where everything was a robot replica from The Android Invasion.	Yes yes, three of these were pilgrimages to Doctor Who sites where they shot the outdoor filming, oh, around 25 years ago. Not that they looked any different one bit! The horse is the oldest, oldest "thing" in all of England and was very nice during sunset, with sheep grazing on the plateau just behind it.
23JAN2000	Notting Hill	22JAN2000	Portobello Road, more Portobello Road, even more Portobello Road	Jeez this thing is long ... yes literally the largest collection of antiques in the world. Of course we had to go on a Saturday, so naturally Elizabeth had basically made it 100 metres down the road, less than a block, by sunset (not that that means anything). But there were some really deep galleries in the street's houses. This trip is beginning to look like a month is barely enough.
24JAN2000	... the tube?	23JAN2000	Rest day, maybe	Argh this day was a mess, but at least managed to get this stuff done!
25JAN2000	Greenwich	24JAN2000	Docklands Light Rail; Millenium Dome; Blackadder Goes Back and Forth; The Old Royal Observatory
26JAN2000	Shepherd's Bush, Tottenham Court Road	25JAN2000	BBC Television Centre photo op; British Museum
27JAN2000	Westminster, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus	26JAN2000	A full tour of the Palace of Westminster and House of Commons; lunch at Garfunkels; campuses of the University of Westminster; Criterion Theatre to see The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) by the Reduced Shakespeare Company
28JAN2000	Tower Hill	27JAN2000	(No Tower Pageant); Tower of London, Crown Jewels, White Tower, etc; Tower Bridge "Experience"
29JAN2000	Earl's Court, White City, Oxford Circus	28JAN2000	Photo op with geniune Police Box; Full tour of BBC Television Centre; Carnaby Street; BBC Experience at BBC Broadcast House
30JAN2000	Portsmouth	29JAN2000	Daytrip; Hellblossom play
31JAN2000	Windsor	30JAN2000	Windsor Castle

Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
31JAN2000 19:45 London Kings Cross 31JAN2000 08:45 GMT West Anglia Great Northern Railway depart
31JAN2000 20:32 Cambridge 31JAN2000 09:32 GMT Arrives

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
31JAN2000 19:45	London Kings Cross	31JAN2000 08:45 GMT	West Anglia Great Northern Railway depart
31JAN2000 20:32	Cambridge	31JAN2000 09:32 GMT	Arrives

Cambridge lodging
Netley Lodge
112 Chesterton Road, Cambridge
+44 1223 363 845
Ł40 per twin, no en-suite
Ring a week in advance to confirm

Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
02FEB2000 20:27 Cambridge 02FEB2000 09:27 GMT West Anglia Great Northern Railway depart
02FEB2000 21:28 London Kings Cross 02FEB2000 10:28 GMT Transfer 5 tube stations east
via Hammersmith & City line
or Circle line
02FEB2000 21:48 London Paddington 02FEB2000 10:48 GMT Thames Trains depart
02FEB2000 22:46 Oxford 02FEB2000 11:46 Arrive

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
02FEB2000 20:27	Cambridge	02FEB2000 09:27 GMT	West Anglia Great Northern Railway depart
02FEB2000 21:28	London Kings Cross	02FEB2000 10:28 GMT	Transfer 5 tube stations east via Hammersmith & City line or Circle line
02FEB2000 21:48	London Paddington	02FEB2000 10:48 GMT	Thames Trains depart
02FEB2000 22:46	Oxford	02FEB2000 11:46	Arrive

Oxford lodging - tentative as at 30DEC1999
Tara
10 Holywell Street
+44 1865 202 953
+44 1865 200 297 fax
+44 4451 494 2022 typetalk
Ł44 per twin per night

Day Trip to Cheltenham

Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
04FEB2000 19:58 Oxford 04FEB2000 08:58 GMT Thames Trains depart
04FEB2000 21:09 Worcester Shrub Hill 04FEB2000 10:09 GMT Arrive
04FEB2000 21:24 Worcester Shrub Hill 04FEB2000 10:24 GMT Central Trains depart
04FEB2000 21:51 Cheltenham 04FEB2000 10:51 GMT Arrive

05FEB2000 05:22 Cheltenham 04FEB2000 18:22 GMT Central Trains depart
05FEB2000 05:45 Worcester Shrub Hill 04FEB2000 18:45 GMT Arrive
05FEB2000 06:05 Worcester Shrub Hill 04FEB2000 19:05 GMT Thames Trains depart
05FEB2000 07:15 Oxford 04FEB2000 20:15 GMT Arrive

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
04FEB2000 19:58	Oxford	04FEB2000 08:58 GMT	Thames Trains depart
04FEB2000 21:09	Worcester Shrub Hill	04FEB2000 10:09 GMT	Arrive
04FEB2000 21:24	Worcester Shrub Hill	04FEB2000 10:24 GMT	Central Trains depart
04FEB2000 21:51	Cheltenham	04FEB2000 10:51 GMT	Arrive



05FEB2000 05:22	Cheltenham	04FEB2000 18:22 GMT	Central Trains depart
05FEB2000 05:45	Worcester Shrub Hill	04FEB2000 18:45 GMT	Arrive
05FEB2000 06:05	Worcester Shrub Hill	04FEB2000 19:05 GMT	Thames Trains depart
05FEB2000 07:15	Oxford	04FEB2000 20:15 GMT	Arrive

Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
05FEB2000 19:15 Oxford 05FEB2000 08:15 GMT Thames Trains depart
05FEB2000 19:37 Reading 05FEB2000 08:37 GMT Arrive
05FEB2000 19:50 Reading 05FEB2000 08:50 GMT Thames Trains depart
05FEB2000 20:14 Basingstoke 05FEB2000 09:14 GMT Arrive
05FEB2000 20:21 Basingstoke 05FEB2000 09:21 GMT Silverlink Train Services depart
05FEB2000 20:53 Salisbury 05FEB2000 09:53 GMT Arrive

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
05FEB2000 19:15	Oxford	05FEB2000 08:15 GMT	Thames Trains depart
05FEB2000 19:37	Reading	05FEB2000 08:37 GMT	Arrive
05FEB2000 19:50	Reading	05FEB2000 08:50 GMT	Thames Trains depart
05FEB2000 20:14	Basingstoke	05FEB2000 09:14 GMT	Arrive
05FEB2000 20:21	Basingstoke	05FEB2000 09:21 GMT	Silverlink Train Services depart
05FEB2000 20:53	Salisbury	05FEB2000 09:53 GMT	Arrive

Salisbury lodging - tentative as at 30DEC1999
Matt & Tiggy's
51 Salt Lane
just up from bus station
+44 1722 327 443
Ł10 per person per night

Day Trip to Exeter

Sydney AEDT Location Local Time Local Event Comment
06FEB2000 18:35 Salisbury 06FEB2000 07:35 GMT South West Trains depart
06FEB2000 20:17 Exeter St. Davids 06FEB2000 09:17 GMT Arrive

07FEB2000 08:02 Exeter St. Davids 06FEB2000 21:02 GMT First Great Western depart
07FEB2000 10:44 London Paddington 06FEB2000 23:44 Arrive

Sydney AEDT	Location	Local Time	Local Event	Comment
06FEB2000 18:35	Salisbury	06FEB2000 07:35 GMT	South West Trains depart
06FEB2000 20:17	Exeter St. Davids	06FEB2000 09:17 GMT	Arrive



07FEB2000 08:02	Exeter St. Davids	06FEB2000 21:02 GMT	First Great Western depart
07FEB2000 10:44	London Paddington	06FEB2000 23:44	Arrive

London Itinery - unordered
Museums

Victoria and Albert
British
Design
Museum of London
Science
Natural History ?
London Transport
Theatre
Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI)
John Soames House
Imperial War Museum
Galleries - National at least (perhaps during Christian's web update)

Sights

Buckingham Palace / Changing of the Guard
Tower Bridge
Westminster

Parliament
Abbey
University

St Pauls
Downing Street
Whitehall
Windsor Castle and Eton
Hampton Court Palace
Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly Circus
Shakespeare's Globe
Parks
Kew Gardens
Regents Park / London Zoo ?
Notting Hill - go on a Saturday for Portobello Road Market at best
Little Venice
Chelsea
Grange Hill - wha wha, wup, whao
Millennium Dome and Docklands
Greenwich Observatpory and Cutty Sark
Telecom Tower
Tower of London
Lloyds
New Scotland Yard
Royal Opera House
same day as Transport Museum and Actor's church
as these are all in Covent Garden

Churches

St Martins-in-the-Fields
St Mary-le-Bow
The Actors Church, Covent Garden

To Do

Old Bailey
Who Shop
Glorafilia
Harrods
Hamleys
Fortum and Mason
Liberty
Television Centre and Broadcast House
Grandad's Grave
Bush House
big hotels
big name tube stations
Bermondsey Market - 5:30am!
Wimbledon Common
Cabinet War Rooms
Monument and Bank
Abbey Road etc.
Baker Street and Madame Tussauds
Guide House (for badges)
Earl's Court - Police Box
Thames Barrier and Cruise
Stage Play?
(either The Abridged Works of Shakespeare,
or Mouse Trap, or whatever)
London Dungeon

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London hostel
	Globetrotters Travel Centre 86 Dalling Road, Hammersmith, London W6 0JF +44 181 748 4834 phone/fax
Heathrow to hostel
	Buy monthly pass (requires photo) Piccadilly line 10 stops to Acton Town District line 4 stops to Ravenscourt Park Exit tube station at Ravenscourt Place Left, walk east 1 block to end of Ravenscourt Place Continue along footlane into Dalling Road Left, walk north along Dalling Road under railway bridge Straight, walk north 2 blocks, cross-street Redmore Road Hostel on right
Internet cafe nearby
	Websurfer Cafe 79 Goldhawk Road, London W12 +44 181 932 0117 http://www.websurfercafe.co.uk

Cambridge lodging
	Netley Lodge 112 Chesterton Road, Cambridge +44 1223 363 845 Ł40 per twin, no en-suite Ring a week in advance to confirm

Oxford lodging - tentative as at 30DEC1999
	Tara 10 Holywell Street +44 1865 202 953 +44 1865 200 297 fax +44 4451 494 2022 typetalk Ł44 per twin per night

Salisbury lodging - tentative as at 30DEC1999
	Matt & Tiggy's 51 Salt Lane just up from bus station +44 1722 327 443 Ł10 per person per night

London Itinery - unordered
	Museums Victoria and Albert British Design Museum of London Science Natural History ? London Transport Theatre Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) John Soames House Imperial War Museum Galleries - National at least (perhaps during Christian's web update)
	Sights Buckingham Palace / Changing of the Guard Tower Bridge Westminster Parliament Abbey University St Pauls Downing Street Whitehall Windsor Castle and Eton Hampton Court Palace Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus Shakespeare's Globe Parks Kew Gardens Regents Park / London Zoo ? Notting Hill - go on a Saturday for Portobello Road Market at best Little Venice Chelsea Grange Hill - wha wha, wup, whao Millennium Dome and Docklands Greenwich Observatpory and Cutty Sark Telecom Tower Tower of London Lloyds New Scotland Yard Royal Opera House same day as Transport Museum and Actor's church as these are all in Covent Garden
	Churches St Martins-in-the-Fields St Mary-le-Bow The Actors Church, Covent Garden
	To Do Old Bailey Who Shop Glorafilia Harrods Hamleys Fortum and Mason Liberty Television Centre and Broadcast House Grandad's Grave Bush House big hotels big name tube stations Bermondsey Market - 5:30am! Wimbledon Common Cabinet War Rooms Monument and Bank Abbey Road etc. Baker Street and Madame Tussauds Guide House (for badges) Earl's Court - Police Box Thames Barrier and Cruise Stage Play? (either The Abridged Works of Shakespeare, or Mouse Trap, or whatever) London Dungeon