Travel: London - Florence Nightingale Museum, IWM, National Gallery
Millennium Wheel A late January weekend break to London that promised to be wet and stormy, and turned out beautifully. My husband was working in London on the Friday but we had tickets to see Inside Number 9 at the Wyndham Theatre on the Saturday so we made a little break of it. Whilst he was working, I took myself off to the Florence Nightingale Museum , which is in the basement of St Thomas Hospital. It is a small, but interesting museum and made more so by the fact that I went in at the same time as a primary school trip. They had their very own Florence Nightingale give them a very engaging talk, which I was earwigging in on. Florence Nightingale’s medical chest In my opinion, the entrance fee of £12 (Jan 2025) is a little steep for a visit that you would be hard pushed to make last longer than an hour. However, you can return again for free within a year. Covid Memorial Wall From there, I walked to the Covid Memorial Wall on the South bank, very near St Thomas. It is a long ...
