The Sackler Crossing, dinosaurs,The Electric and Nu!

Met Nu in London Thursday night, and had a few wines at a wine bar on the canal near the Hospital she works at St Mary's. Lovely to catch up, and as Chris would say , had a good gossip and "emotional Jacuzzi". She's had a hard time over the last year or so, what with family ill health and the like, but she attacks life with a gusto that if bottled could run Battersea power station!



Friday Night after a wander in Notting Hill, Nu took me to to the "Electric Cinema". We have been meaning to go for ages but just didn't get round to it!! The cinema is a cross between arthouse and mainstream and all the seats are leather armchairs, complete with footstools,and tables ( with winebuckets!!) Nu is having a quick bounce on one of the two beds in the cinema!!
Lovely time, pity we had to sit through Miami Vice...2/10

Saw the Dinosaur Exhibition at the Natural History Museum which was lovely! However I did forget that it was the childrens holidays! and my idea of fun was not standing nose to nipple with the familys of London with a toddler next to me shouting "dinosaur!!!dinosaur!!!! dinosaur!!!!dinosaur!!!dinosaur!!!!! dinosaur!!!! etc etc etc



Saturday morning we went to Kew Gardens, a favourite place to visit when I am over. It was a glorious day and I was thrilled to see the lake refilled since my last visit and the New Sackler Crossing built. Its a lovely bridge made up of hundreds of uprights of copper, and although "new" in appearance , fits in perfectly.
We spent a few hours having a good wander and loved reading the memorials on the hundreds of benches dotted around. Nu, wants at least three benches when she dies, one at Kew, one at the Beach at Crosby and one at St Mary's. Mine will be in Central Park!

The nicest memorial we agreed is the following

"If Tears could be a highway,
Or memories a lane
I'd walk right up to heaven
and bring you home again"

.........beat that!