11 chavillois dont deux ados sont partis le matin du 18 octobre par l’Eurostar pour découvrir Londres et Barnet grâce à un programme concocté conjointement par nos homologues « the Friends of Chaville » et l’AIJC.
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Saturday 18th October
We will be at St Pancras at 11.30 to meet our French guests. They will have eaten on the train so once we are all assembled and have greeted each other we will set off for a short walk with all luggage to the London Canal Museum where we will have a short introduction to the museum from one of their volunteers. We have booked 2 canal trips – 2 because each boat only takes maximum 12 people.
1st Canal boat trip at about 1pm and 2nd Canal boat trip at about 2pm
Tea/coffee and biscuits for everybody in the museum at 3pm.
Travel with hosts to hosts’ homes. (Michel to be met at Woodside Park by his hosts.)
Dinner with hosts.
Sunday 19th October
Meet at 10.00 at High Barnet tube Station. Those meeting at other stations should ensure they are there early enough to catch the same train in a middle carriage. We will take a Charing Cross train to Tottenham Court Road where we will change to a Central line train to Bond Street. It is then a short walk to The Wallace Collection.
To go in, we need to split into groups of 5 to 10 or so and we can look around independently.
At 12.30 we will assemble at the entrance to go together to St Marks Church in North Audley Street nearby. This is now a community hub, no longer used as a church.
There is a ‘Mercato Mayfair’ where there are many stalls with different kinds of foods. Choose what you would like, pay the cashier and then take your food and find somewhere to sit and eat. The sight of the building alone makes this a worthwhile trip! Lunch is self-funded.
Evening: Fish and Chips at Fresh Fry Restaurant by the Everyman Cinema
Monday 20th October
Usual routine of meeting at High Barnet Station at 10.00! We will take a train to Archway where we will take a 210 bus to Kenwood House. Lunch is self-funded and there are 2 eateries in the grounds by the house.
There is a large garden to visit and the grounds extend to Hampstead Heath. The energetic may wish to walk to Hampstead where they can return home from the tube station there. Returning by the same route as coming is also an option. Return in good time to prepare for the evening!
Monday evening we are meeting up at the home of Ruth and Robin Dyer for a Bring-a –Dish at 7pm
Tuesday 21st October
10.00 Bring your luggage to Barnet Museum at 31 Wood St, Barnet EN5 4BE, to leave there until time to go to High Barnet Station.
10.15 -11.15 Museum Visit This is our quite small and very local museum.
11.15-12.30 Shopping in Barnet High Street’s charity shops and others. There is also a free bookshop in the Spires shopping centre – yes really! Buy or bring your lunch to eat in the museum. Tea and coffee will be available.
12.30 Lunch in the museum
1.30 Set off to High Barnet Station to leave by train at 1.45.