Month: May 2017

This was a very good walk that looked at the various buildings on a route between Pimlico and the South side of West Minster Bridge.

The tour was led by Ian and Katie who took turns to talk about the various sites and act as back marker, which was a good idea and I haven’t seen this on other walks before.

They talked about Millbank prison and the possible origin of the Australian term “pom” (Prisoner of Millbank), The Tate galleries, Millbank Tower, MI5, a little about Mi6, the changing skyline of London, Lambeth Bridge, the former St Georges Wharf, the London Fire Brigade’s former HQ and future museum, the Royal Doulton Factory,  the new art galleries in Newport Street Lambeth, the Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace, and Parliament, and much more.

The walk was very entertaining and informative.

10/10

This was part of the free Walk London Spring into Summer weekend.

The guide was  grump, slow (the second group overtook us), and gave the wrong information on more than one occasion with people on the walking tour correcting her.

The walk description suggested that it would show film and TV locatiobs but at a numbrr of stops she seemed to just suggest it would be a good location for fiing but that she didn’t kniw of any filming atbthat location.

She called King’s Cross Brent Cross,  Ian McKellan Kenneth and David Mitchell David Williams and others too.

Also when people said they couldn’t hear her she sad it was a free walk and lots of people had booked so what do different we expect – rather than the planners laying on extra groups for the tour if they are unable to cope with 50 on a tour.
4/10