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12 Things to Do in London When It Rains (+ a Rainy Day Itinerary) · UK Travel Planning

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_01: It's raining in London and today's plans include a walk and tour and a wander through the parks.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_01: Now what?
• 0:05
  SPEAKER_01: Well, in this episode I share how much it really rains in London, what to pack, twelve things to do when it's wet, and a full day's itinerary that keeps you almost entirely undercover, so a rainy day won't cost you a day of your trip.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_01: Hi everybody and welcome to this week's edition of the UK Travel Planner Podcast.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_01: And again, I've got Doug here with me.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_02: Hello there.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_01: Doug had to be involved in this one because, well, we're both British and we both love talking about the weather.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_01: So this episode is all about the weather.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_01: Specifically about rain in London.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_01: Um now we know often people worry about the weather in London in the UK, and actually you don't travel to the UK for the weather, do you, to be fair?
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_01: You really don't.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_01: Generally.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: Um now and rain is the thing that people ask us about a lot at a time like what am I going to do if it's going to rain?
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_01: What do I what do I need to pack?
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_01: Because it looks like there's going to be rain.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_01: Now, I know it can feel a bit disappointing and frustrating if you find your trip and then you look at the weather forecast and it's looking pretty miserable.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_01: Now, how however it is good to know that London is actually one of the best cities in the world to be in when it rains because so much of what you can do is indoors and a lot of it is free.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_02: And don't forget, it's also one of the best places to get around because you've got the London Underground.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly, exactly.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_01: So, what we thought we'd do is we would talk in this episode about like how much it really rains in London as well, because you're actually probably going to be pretty surprised.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you just also have and have a look at the forecast, what apps to use, and then things that you can do to adjust your plans without any stress.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_01: We're going to talk about what to pack, then we're going to talk about 12 different options that you could do when it's you know when it's raining, um, from free museums to afternoon tea, um, and then why really sometimes it's just best to put any waterproofs on and get out there anyway.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, and even the option, we're gonna talk about the option.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_01: Doug has to get trains in here somewhere, doesn't he?
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_02: Most definitely.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_01: The option of leaving London for a day, because just because it's raining in London doesn't mean it's raining in other parts of the country.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_02: That is very true.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_02: You can easily get to my train.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_02: As small as the UK is in global terms, the weather can be quite varied around the country on the same day.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely, absolutely.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_01: Then I'm gonna finish the episode with a one-day itinerary that'll keep you dry from breakfast to bedtime.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: Right, shall we get are you ready to talk about the weather?
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah, definitely.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_01: I had the enthusiasm for talking about the weather.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_01: Honestly, I'm just gonna say if you're in in the UK and you want to have a conversation with somebody, strike up a conversation with a stranger.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_02: Talk about the weather.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_02: Talk about the weather, most definitely.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_01: So the first thing I want to cover is how much does it actually rain in London?
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, this surprised me.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_01: So, well, the short answer is actually much less than people expect.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_01: And actually, when we were talking about before we started recording this episode, we've not had that many rainy days in London.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_02: Not a great deal.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_02: Not a great deal, to be fair, no.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_01: I remember standing outside the Natural History Museum, though.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that was an exception.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_01: Well, that was a really rainy day.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_01: You'll find often it's a bit the middle of winter, though.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it was, it was.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so let's give you some official figures from the Met Office.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_01: Right, so it says that London gets about 615 millimetres of rainy year, which is about 24 inches.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_01: But guess what?
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_01: Sydney gets roughly double that, so does New York, and Rome gets about the same as London.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_01: So, what London does get, which is is rain little and often.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_01: So on average is about 112 days a year with at least one millimeter of rain.
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_01: So that's roughly one day in three.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_01: However, that means two days out of three, it's dry.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_01: Now, a rainy day in London is rarely a full day of rain, right?
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_01: More often, more often, it's gonna be a little bit grey with drizzle or showers that come through for an hour or more.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_01: A whole day of steady rain does happen, but it's not usual.
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_02: No, it isn't, and also remember those that short spell of rain could could actually be overnight as well.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's just during the daytime.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_02: That's true.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_01: So the other thing with known is that there's no dry season.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_01: So October, November, December, January are the wettest months over winter, um, and they have are usually around about 11 rainy days, and obviously you can get sometimes the the rain and the wind as well at the same time.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_01: And I was actually looking at the forecast for October of this month, and actually in London it's forecast to be a little bit wet and wet and windy.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but whatever month you come in, it's always worth having a rain plan in your back pocket.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_01: Rain plan.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, um, because whatever happens, most of the time, most of the days that you're gonna be there will probably be dry.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_02: Statistically, we can back that up.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_01: However, yeah, however, it is useful to have a thought about because the worst thing you want is to wake up in the morning or I've had a look at the weather forecast and think, oh god, what we're gonna do.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so we're gonna give you some ideas.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_02: I never have that because it's always a plan B for me.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, well, yeah, you just hop on a train, so it's very easy.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_01: So before you change any plans, the best thing to do is to have a look at the forecast because you may look out the hotel window and it's pouring down moraine, but actually it could be ten minutes later, it could be blue sky.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_01: So the best thing to do is to look at the forecast.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_01: So the two apps I'm going to point you to are the Met Office and the BBC weather.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_01: Both of those are free.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_01: I actually have them linked in our best uh Met Office is meteorological, isn't it?
• 5:41
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yeah, but I have those linked in our we've got an article about best apps for London in the UK, and they're included in that as well.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_01: So, but I've had the hour by our view is far more useful than just a symbol which covers the day because you can have that rain, and it's you say it could be just like five minutes at 7am, and they'll put a rain cloud on it.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but I would have a look to see because you'll get a chance, like it'll tell you a percentage of chance of rain and what how heavy it's gonna be.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_01: So that the Met Office app has got like has also got a rainfall map which shows you where the rain is right now and which way it's heading, so you can then plan your day.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, and also you can look at forecasts for the next day or two.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_01: I would not check like too far in advance, to be honest, because it's pretty unreliable.
• 6:24
  SPEAKER_01: And my mum says that they always get it wrong anyway.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_01: Wow, she just says that she says they never get it right.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_01: So if they say it's raining the next day, it's right.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_02: But to be honest, we're here in Australia and people say the same here.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly, exactly.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_01: But anyway, you've woken up, you've looked at the forecast, and it's gonna rain.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_01: So you have three choices.
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_01: So the first one is to put your waterproof clothes on and carry on.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_01: So now, if it's showers, a good jacket and just being flexible with your day will get you through the day, to be honest.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_01: Now, most walk-in tours will go ahead, whatever the weather is.
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so if you've got one book, it's worth checking with the company before assuming that it's off.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_01: Because most often, because they're used to the rain.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_03: That's right.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_01: So it you know, if it's one day and three it's gonna rain, they're gonna not gonna call the tours off one day and three, are they?
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_02: So we have found that an umbrella is not usually the most useful thing in London.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_01: Well, especially if it's raining and it's very cloud crowded.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but then sometimes I've thought when I've got my rain jacket on and it's been really heavy right there, I could have done, especially if you're standing in a queue.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and we wear glasses as well.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: And we're yeah, wearing glasses as well.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_01: It's yeah, yeah, it is.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_01: So sometimes an umbrella is not a bad idea, and you can't buy them just by anywhere in London, anyway.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_01: Uh right, so back to the three choices before I got distracted by taking down another different alleyway.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_01: Right, so the second option is to swap your days around.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_01: So, obviously, if you've got a flexible itinerary, which we try to when we help people with itineraries, we say, look, if obviously there's gonna be some things that are gonna be fixed.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_01: So if you've got a time ticket, you've got a tour, you've got theatre seats booked, they're gonna not be able to move.
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_01: But if you're gonna go to a park or a market or you're gonna do a riverside walk, that can be moved around.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and it's used, it's a good idea to have some flexibility.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_01: What you don't want, and we've had before, is people who have an itinerary which goes from minute to literally minute to minute to minute with 50 things you're gonna fit in in a day, which isn't gonna happen.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_02: With no plan B.
• 8:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, really, you just have to be flexible with yes, if you've got a fixed thing to do, then what else can you work around it?
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I mean you understand if you're only there a few days and you're trying to do as much as you possibly can, you haven't really got a lot of flexibility.
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_01: Well, it depends, but the thing is I would say not to book like not to have too many fixed things in a day anyway, like too many big things, and you can't do more than really two of the major things in London in a day.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_02: Whether it's raining or not, yeah, exactly.
• 8:34
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_01: It doesn't matter what the weather's like.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_01: Um the third option is to get out of London.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_01: So if the better's if the forecast is better somewhere else, that's what we would probably do.
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, most definitely, yeah.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, particularly if you want to go down to the coast or something like that.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, I've been down to Brighton and it's been beautiful sunshine but raining in London, yeah.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_01: Now, also just want to mention that if you've got plans, for example, to see something like the changing of the guard, that can be cancelled in very wet weather.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_01: So that again is kind of subject to the weather.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_01: So I would always check that because that chances are that could be cancelled.
• 9:09
  SPEAKER_01: Also, if you're gonna do something like the London Eye, Sky Garden or the Shard or something like that, if the cloud is low and it's poor down, you're really not gonna see very much.
• 9:17
  SPEAKER_01: That's right.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_02: We're speaking from experience.
• 9:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, we are, yeah.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, actually, it was the Sky Garden a few years ago, just before Christmas, and it was really grey and not the nicest of days when we went up the Sky Garden.
• 9:28
  SPEAKER_01: And uh to be honest, it was lovely up there, it wasn't because but it was the views were weren't the best, put it that way.
• 9:33
  SPEAKER_02: Um so we did the only decent British thing to do is have a cup of tea.
• 9:36
  SPEAKER_01: Have a cup of tea, absolutely, absolutely.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_01: So, other places obviously that are going to be better when it's dry, it's like when it's like Kew Gardens, um Hampton Court for the gardens.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_01: They're just you know, if you're gonna be out about Walkingland Gardens, you're really if it's pouring down with rain, it's not the best place to go, yeah.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_01: Um and all and the Tower of London as well is probably gonna it's probably a surprise if I'm gonna say this, that I would not head to the Tower of London if it's raining or very heavy rain.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_01: Uh because actually a lot of your visit is spent outside walking between the towers along the walls, and now it's not gonna be ruined if there's a shower, but if it's a really heavy day with rain, I wouldn't I would probably try and move it.
• 10:12
  SPEAKER_02: And if you're having one of the uh the features with the open waters, that's outside.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, exactly.
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_01: So again, I'd try and keep Tower of London for a drier day if you can.
• 10:22
  SPEAKER_01: Now let's talk about packing because we get asked about packing all the time.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_01: True.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_01: I really should be doing more videos on YouTube about packing, I think.
• 10:28
  SPEAKER_01: If you want to if you want a pack-in video on YouTube, get in touch and let me know, and I'll put something together.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_01: Right now, you'll have heard the saying that there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing choices, and that's certainly true of London.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now a few things would make a wet day more comfortable.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_01: So the top of my list of things to have is a lightweight waterproof jacket with a hood.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_01: You need a hood.
• 10:51
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I've got I've got two actually.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_01: I just bought one from Uniqlo when I was in London last, and I've got one that I bought from Next in the UK years ago.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_01: They both pack up really small, fit in my backpack, and they're really easy to carry around.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_02: It's quite famous, your one from the UK.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_01: My bright yellow one.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_01: I guess so many people come up to me and said how much do you really like it?
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_01: I've got yellow one with flowers on, and I get so many comments about it.
• 11:12
  SPEAKER_01: And honestly, if it's busy in London, so it's a weekend and it's raining, you probably don't want an umbrella, like Doug said, mainly because first of all, you could have the wind, but also if you're trying to pass loads of people, there's nothing worse than trying to walk and you're dodging people's umbrellas.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, particularly the big golfing type umbrellas I've seen people with.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, like if if you're gonna have some like compact umbrella, would probably be the best thing.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_01: But honestly, you'll be able to buy an umbrella in London if you're there.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_01: I wouldn't pack one, I would just see if you need one in London, they're not gonna cost you very much.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_01: The main thing I would say is shoes, consider what you're wearing, yeah.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, most definitely.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_01: Water resistant, something that's comfortable.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_01: I always talk about I think I'm famous for my comfy shoes, but um, you don't want canvas trainers or anything that's gonna just get soaked, um, you know, and make sure that if you have got comfortable walking shoes that are walk water resistant, like yeah, maybe you happen to stand in a puddle, and I've done that before.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_02: Um, just bring a second pair, or because trying to get is nothing worse than walking around in soggy shoes, particularly if they're the only pair you've got, and then even after it stopped rain, you've got to dry them out.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, exactly.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_01: And bring some more socks with you.
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_01: So always bring a you know, a spec a pair, actually put them in your day pack.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_01: So if you have to get changed, you can do that.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, good grip as well on your shoes because wet pavements, cobblestones, and the stairs down at the tube can get slippery.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_02: Really can.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, so it's you know, really like think about that, make sure you've got really I cannot emphasize enough how much you're gonna need comfortable shoes, whatever the weather in London.
• 12:41
  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's true.
• 12:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um, again, layers, because if you're going from a cool and damp and then you're going into warm museums or a very warm tube, yeah.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_02: The underground can get busy.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so you'll want to take that that raincoat off.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_02: Or the more busy when it's raining anyway, because more people are taking the job.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, trying to say avoiding being out and about.
• 12:59
  SPEAKER_01: So a couple of small things worth taking as well.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_01: A day bag that's water resistant or has a rain cover.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_03: Yes, it's really good.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_01: A ziploc bag for your phone and passport, so you can keep those in as well.
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_01: Now, a lot of the main museums got cloakrooms, um, some of them have a small charge.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_01: I look because I'm a member of the VA, I don't have to pay it's really good, yeah, yeah.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_02: Chase on a mission, she mentions the VA in every single podcast that they should, yeah, yeah.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_01: I really should.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_01: I should be an honorary member of the VA, but anyway, I'm a member of the VA.
• 13:26
  SPEAKER_01: But I love it in fact that you can leave it as part of the membership.
• 13:28
  SPEAKER_02: But most museums have some means.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so that you because you don't want to be carrying a wet coat around.
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_02: No, of course not.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um so that's one thing to know.
• 13:35
  SPEAKER_01: Those are those are really good tips, I think.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_01: We've shared that.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_01: Right, so let's give you some options of things to do.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_01: Twelve things.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_01: I think the 12, I might cut some out.
• 13:43
  SPEAKER_01: Well, anyways, uh it was 12 when I started.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see how we go.
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_01: So, first thing number one is the free museums, South Kensington.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yep.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_01: I'm not mentioning the VA again.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_01: Have I mentioned the VA?
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_02: You might have mentioned in passive.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so down there you've got Natural History Museum, Science Museum, and of course the VA, they're all side by side, and there's a tunnel.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_01: So you can get there's a pedestrian subway from South Kensington tube station that runs under Exhibition Road with exits for all three museums.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_01: How genius is that! So that apparently opened in 1885, and it means you can get from the train to the dinosaurs by hardly touching any pavement again.
• 14:18
  SPEAKER_03: That's amazing.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's great.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_01: All three are free.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_01: Obviously, if there's any particular shows like exhibitions on, you have to pay, but they're just it's one of the UK's great gifts, is the fact that there's so many free museums.
• 14:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it certainly is.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: Now, one thing I do want to mention, because Doug and I got caught out with this a couple of years ago, is if you are uh planning to go to one of these museums at a weekend, particularly a weekend, or during school holidays, or just like we did two or th two maybe two or three days before Christmas and it's raining, there's gonna be a massive queue outside.
• 14:54
  SPEAKER_01: And in fact, we gave up on the Natural History Museum.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_03: We did, didn't you?
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_01: Because we didn't we didn't book any any uh slots, so we just had a queue up and uh anyway, so we just slow.
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_01: So if you if it's raining and it's a weekend and it's school holidays as well, probably don't head for the free museums because they're gonna be really, really, really busy.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_02: You know, the funny thing is there once we actually gave up yet again, we went and had another couple of stuff.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_01: We did, I think we did.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_01: The VA though, because there's lots of entrances to the VA, less chance of queuing up, but queuing up science museum, queuing up at the Natural History Museum, yeah.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_02: But many people have the same thought if it's raining.
• 15:32
  SPEAKER_01: Well, that's the thing, a lot of people will do.
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_01: So the other option is to go later in the afternoon when it'll be a little bit um calmer.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that's what I would recommend doing.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_01: But to be honest, for me, spending a day in those museums if it was raining would not be a hardship.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_02: No, I don't think so.
• 15:49
  SPEAKER_01: Second museum, a set of museums, because we've talked to the South Kensick Museum.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_01: The second museum you could go to is the British Museum.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_01: Um so that is in um Bloomsbury area, it's uh Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, it's a lovely part of London actually.
• 16:06
  SPEAKER_01: So you can spend the entire day at the British Museum.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_01: Again, it's free, though they do have exhibitions, aka the very famous one at the minute, with a Bayer Tapestry, yeah.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_01: Which you do have to pay for.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um but you can spend your entire day without any problem at the British Museum.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah, the cafes are fab.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, that's it.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_01: You don't have to set foot outside, that's fine.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, other another options with for museums and galleries, we've got the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_01: So these two are next door to each other at Trafalgar Square, both are free, both are open till nine on Fridays, and honestly, between them you can fill the whole day.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_01: I love personally, I love the National Portrait Gallery, absolutely love it.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_01: Um, another option, depending on which part of London you're at.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_01: So, option four is the Tate Modern.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and then there's plenty of indoor spaces on South Bank that you can go into.
• 16:57
  SPEAKER_01: We were just talking about we met a friend for a cup of tea in South in the South Bank Center not long ago.
• 17:02
  SPEAKER_01: So obviously, um it's it is a lovely uh walk uh along South Bank, but in the rain, I would do it from the inside, I wouldn't be walking outside.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_01: I'd go the Tate Modern.
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, the building is an old power station, which is worth actually seeing on its own.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um, like I'm not the biggest fan of modern art, so I would probably go to the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, but honestly, if you like modern art, perfect one to go to you.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: Um there's also the South Bank Centre, uh there's the British Foot Film Institute Cinema who's there, and there's cafes along that route.
• 17:36
  SPEAKER_01: So um I would just yeah, so that's that's a perfect little area to kind of stick around in.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_01: Also, Borough Market is a few minutes from the Tate Modern, and most of that is under railroad archers, and there's a big glass roof.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, um, so that's a good place for lunch on a wet day.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um, obviously, though, I will mention the borough market has become crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy busy.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_01: And um, so if it's a wet day, it's probably gonna be even crazier busy.
• 18:02
  SPEAKER_01: But if you're in that area and you think you don't want to have the lunch in in one of the museums or at the um South Bank Centre, then then take yourself a little walk along to Borough Market for some great choices.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_01: Go to Capacason and get the uh yes, the cheese.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_01: It's lovely.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_01: Uh right, so there's some museums you pay for.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_01: So we're gonna mention some of these because these are also really good options.
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_01: So um Churchill War Rooms, which is absolutely excellent.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_02: Uh there's part of the Imperial War Museum group, and the Imperial War Museum itself is actually one of the free museums as well.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_02: Uh but the Churchill War Rooms, yeah, obviously it's underground because it's at the old bunkers as well, uh, near Westminster.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_01: So you're gonna get you can't get more rainproof than a bunker, can you?
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_02: Not really, no, but you that could get quite busy on a rainy day.
• 18:52
  SPEAKER_02: And if you're not particularly good in tight and closed spaces, maybe not that option is not the one for you, but you're right near Westminster Abbey, which could be a good option.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_01: Well, that was gonna say you could actually put these two together.
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_01: You could go you could go to Westminster Abbey in the morning or or vice versa, go church war rooms in the afternoon, whichever because they're close together.
• 19:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so obviously Westminster Abbey, St.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_01: Paul's Cathedral, those are other options on a wet day.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_01: Again, you can spend hours in both of those, and I have done absolutely wonderful places to go and wander around.
• 19:23
  SPEAKER_01: Obviously, open Mondays to Saturdays, Sundays are open for services only.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_01: But if you're gonna go to a service, I should go to Evensong, fantastic option.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so you can yeah, so they're absolutely worth doing.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, other um, well, we've we've talked about things you should pay for.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_01: So obviously, Churchill war rooms you pay for, Westminster Abbey and St.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_01: Paul's Cathedral, you have to pay for to go in.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and another, we're gonna talk about a museum that you love.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, the the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden is one of my favourites because it's good for all ages.
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_02: There's something for many different interests, that's what I was trying to say.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_02: And it's also uh really a history of transport full stop.
• 20:01
  SPEAKER_01: It's fantastic, yeah.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_01: It is really good.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_02: It's not just London Transport, there's you know talking about buses and come some cars and things like that.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_02: But uh yeah, and it is, it's it's right next to the actual Covent Garden itself, so it's all in that one area.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_02: So, yes, you walk outside to it, but you know that's absolutely exactly so.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_01: You can combine it with the covered market, you can spend the time in there, you can go to the London Transport Museum.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_01: I go to the shop, the shop is absolutely amazing.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: I always want to buy it up every time I go there.
• 20:26
  SPEAKER_01: You bought a few things from there, we certainly have, but that's a great day where you could just spend your day at Covent Garden and the London Transport Museum if you want to spend the entire day in that area.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so next number eight is Madame Two Swords.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_01: Now, this is a good option if you've got kids with you or teenagers, um, because obviously it's entirely indoors, it's gonna take you a couple of hours to get around, and it's a two-minute walk from Baker Street tube station.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now that's open from 10 till six.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so honestly, perfect place to go on a wet day.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_01: Now it will get busy again.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be busy, especially if it's a weekend or school holidays.
• 21:03
  SPEAKER_01: So you're better off going first thing in the morning or later in the afternoon, like if it's a full day of rain, or it's only gonna rain in the morning, or it's only gonna rain in the afternoon.
• 21:11
  SPEAKER_01: You could plan to do that way around.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now number nine is London's smaller museums just generally.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and actually, we're gonna do a whole episode in two weeks' time, episode um oh well, we've done one episode one nine two, which was about London's top major museums.
• 21:27
  SPEAKER_01: But in two weeks' time, we're gonna start looking at some of the lesser known and smaller museums.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so we'll cover and there's plenty of them.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, there's some fantastic ones at the Postal Museum, which we absolutely loved, at the Mail Train.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'll talk about Thorren's Nightingale Museum.
• 21:41
  SPEAKER_01: There's just so many I'm gonna talk about Sherlock Holmes Museum.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_01: So we'll talk about those, but those are also great places to head to on on uh on a wet day.
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_01: So next we're gonna talk about shops, which Doug was probably gonna roll his eyes at.
• 21:57
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you wouldn't be that interested in going to shops, would you?
• 21:59
  SPEAKER_01: But I Would love going to shops and uh London honestly was building shopping centres long before anyone called them a shopping centre.
• 22:05
  SPEAKER_01: So the market halls at Covent Garden are under glass roof with shops, cafes, and there's usually a street performer, there's an opera singer, or there's the violinist, or fantastic to just listen to and enjoy the atmosphere.
• 22:17
  SPEAKER_01: There's Leadenhall Market in the city, which has got a which is a beautiful Victorian covered market, and honestly, there's really nice little cafes and shops in there.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you might recognize it because it was used for Diagonal Alley in the first Harry Potter film.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and it's also really lively at lunchtime because everybody from the city goes in there and has the lunch.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now if you're around Piccadilly, you've got Burlington Arcade, and there's some smaller arcades around it.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_01: Now they're covered, they're lovely, and some really good things to just go and browse in some of the expensive shops and dream, or is that just me?
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um and then again talking about Piccadilly, actually, because you've got some fantastic department stores.
• 22:55
  SPEAKER_01: So, what I would do is probably have a look at some of those smaller arcades, go to Burlington Arcade, pop across the road, go to Fortnite and Mason's, go and have an afternoon tea, or just have them have a cup of tea, go and have a Scotch egg, um, and then there's a bookshop next door, so you can go into the big bookshop.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and it honestly, I could spend a whole rainy day doing that.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and obviously, also if you're in that area, there is Liberty, another shop that I can spend my life in, which is the beautiful black and white Tudor style building just off Regent Street.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_01: So, again, beautiful shops.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_01: Now, if you're down nearer Knightsbridge, um you can go to Harrid's again.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_01: You can spend an entire day.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_01: I could spend the entire day wandering around the food halls in Harrods, they are magnificent.
• 23:37
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and then you've got Selfridges on Oxford Street.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_01: So they're all free to wander around, they're warm, they all have cafes, they all have toilets.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so you know, true a lovely way to spend a day.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and if you're gonna buy some, you can buy some things and send them home.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, good Hamleys as well.
• 23:53
  SPEAKER_01: Hamilies as well, a toy store.
• 23:55
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, if you've got kids with you, Hamley.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_01: Well, we don't need kids, we just love wandering around Hamilies anyway.
• 23:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, it's fantastic.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_01: So then number 11, I'm gonna talk a little bit about theatre and afternoon tea.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_01: So um, if you're hoping to see a show and haven't booked one, a wet afternoon kind of makes that decision for you because this is a great opportunity.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_01: Like most West End shows have a matinee on Saturday and on one or two weekdays, and the days vary from show to show.
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_01: But for same-day tickets, the place to know is the official London Theatre ticket booth, which you'll also hear called Tickets T K T S, and it's on the south side of Leicester Square.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_01: That's open from about half past ten till six on Monday to Saturday, and eleven till four on Sundays.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_01: Now, the rainy day tip for this is that the prices are exactly the same, apparently, on their website, official LondonTheatre.com, where the on-the-day tickets go on sale just after midnight.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_01: So, and I actually just checked this because I found the Devil Word Prize Prada tickets for today um really reasonable.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_01: So you can if you if it's raining and you think you know what, this is a chance to go to the theatre, pop along on our on that website, check out.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you can do it, you can be sitting in your in your hotel room after breakfast and book yourself a theatre ticket for that day.
• 25:10
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think it's absolutely brilliant.
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_01: And we're gonna do that next time.
• 25:12
  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna try that out next time.
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, now other thing I was gonna talk about is afternoon tea or a long pub lunch.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_01: Now, obviously, some of the bigger, well-known afternoon teas will be booked up, but it's still still worth looking online because there might have been a cancellation, or just go into one of some of the lesser known afternoon teas.
• 25:33
  SPEAKER_01: A lot of the hotels have got afternoon teas, so that's worth considering.
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_01: Now, if it's not a very if it's a kind of grey, miserable, not very warm day, what you might want to do is head to a London pub.
• 25:45
  SPEAKER_01: So you could go to a London pub, have a long lunch, have a roast if it's a Sunday.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_01: Now that you probably will need to book ahead, so just check a couple of days before.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_01: And if you're lucky, a seat by the fire if it's winter, just lovely.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_01: So there's some options to think about when it comes to black places to go and eat.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I would do the afternoon tea to depend on what you what you want to do, or afternoon, or the pub lunch or whichever I think they're both really good options.
• 26:11
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_01: Now, the other option you've got is just to put your waterproofs on and get out there.
• 26:16
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 26:17
  SPEAKER_01: So if it's drizzly or just passing showers, there's honestly a lot to be said for just putting on your waterproofs on and carrying on.
• 26:24
  SPEAKER_01: As I said, no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing choices.
• 26:28
  SPEAKER_01: So the outdoor sights are much quieter in the rain, the parks are almost empty, the queues are shorter, and London honestly looks lovely when it's wet, especially after dark with the lights reflecting off the pavements and the river.
• 26:41
  SPEAKER_01: It's just really atmospheric.
• 26:43
  SPEAKER_01: Now, if you want to keep sightseeing without walking far, you could actually just go hop onto an ordinary red London bus.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_03: Yep.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now the only thing I will say is that quite often they steam up.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_01: So you might need to take a few tissues with you just to wipe down the windows.
• 27:00
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but just hop on one of the buses and take travel along and see some of the sites that way.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_01: Um, on just remember you just tap on with your contactless card or your phone.
• 27:09
  SPEAKER_01: It's just one flat fare, and buses don't take cash.
• 27:12
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you don't tap in and out of bus.
• 27:14
  SPEAKER_01: No, not on a bus.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um, the river's also a great idea when it's raining.
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, the river's not a bad idea at all.
• 27:20
  SPEAKER_01: Jump on an Uber boat, just head down to I don't know, head down to Greenwich.
• 27:24
  SPEAKER_01: It might actually be dry down in Greenwich.
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_01: Um, or just travel between Westminster, the tower, and just enjoy the just enjoy the being on the river and um and that'll keep you dry for sure.
• 27:34
  SPEAKER_02: Keep you dry on the river.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, well, yeah, as long as you'll go into the river, yeah, you'll be you'll stay dry.
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_01: Uh other options about getting out of London.
• 27:42
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, this is one that has an appeal to me because you know I'll just jump on a train and head off in a certain direction.
• 27:48
  SPEAKER_02: Depends where I'll stay in London, I'd head to one of the major stations and uh look for a train out somewhere.
• 27:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, because you can buy it, you can buy a ticket on the day.
• 27:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you can buy on the day ticket, you're not necessarily going to get the best price, but depends how far you're going, really, because some of the the shorter distances, um train journeys, the prices don't vary that much.
• 28:06
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, exactly.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly.
• 28:08
  SPEAKER_01: But you could go somewhere like Bath very easily, and it could be dry.
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and Oxford, maybe.
• 28:13
  SPEAKER_01: Oxford, Cambridge, Canterbury.
• 28:15
  SPEAKER_01: There's loads of options of places that we've got two podcast episodes all about day trips from London by train.
• 28:22
  SPEAKER_01: So we'll link to those.
• 28:23
  SPEAKER_01: So you can always have a check through.
• 28:25
  SPEAKER_01: If you look at the weather forecast and you see it's dry in Cambridge, why not hop on a train at the Cambridge for the book?
• 28:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, there's lots of options, and like I say, you don't even have to potentially leave the city because you could head to Greenwich.
• 28:37
  SPEAKER_01: And I said, Well, when you jump on that um the Clipper boat, the Uber boat down to Greenwich, yep.
• 28:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um, because it might be drier there, but even if it's not, actually, there's a National Maritime Museum, there's a Queen's House, you've got the Cuddy Sark, which you walk right underneath it the ship and beneath the glass roof, so you stay dry.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_01: You will need um a raincoat or an umbrella to walk between the different sites in Greenwich, that's the only thing.
• 29:00
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now there are some day trips I'd say if it's gonna rain, I wouldn't do.
• 29:04
  SPEAKER_01: So I probably would leave places like Stonehenge because it's very exposed, and I have been there on a rainy day.
• 29:10
  SPEAKER_01: I've got a picture of me looking drenched and Coxwalls villages again because you're going to be outside and they're best when it's like at least uh dry.
• 29:20
  SPEAKER_01: Um Seven Sisters Cliffs, Brighton Seafront is all better in the sunshine.
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_01: Most definitely.
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 29:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um now, Doug, we love a train journey in any weather.
• 29:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I mean, you're just happy to sit with in the window seat with a cup of tea and the rain running down the glass, and you I'll be quite happy.
• 29:35
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, the times I've had a train journey, got off the train and then stood around for a bit, another cup of tea, and come straight back again.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_01: Though you do, I have to say though, you do moan when you're trying to do videos and it's raining.
• 29:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's a bit bit tricky, yeah.
• 29:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
• 29:46
  SPEAKER_01: Because you had that when we were in Scotland recently when you went out for the day, didn't you?
• 29:50
  SPEAKER_01: And you came back, you went, it rained all day, I didn't get anything from the train.
• 29:52
  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
• 29:53
  SPEAKER_02: But that was low cloud as well.
• 29:54
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 29:55
  SPEAKER_02: The train windows, if it's raining, you're not gonna get much.
• 29:58
  SPEAKER_01: No, I'm not gonna see much, but it's a good if you just want to get out.
• 30:00
  SPEAKER_01: And again, when you get to your destination, it might be dry, so good option.
• 30:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, right.
• 30:04
  SPEAKER_01: So let's give you a different uh like an idea of an itinerary.
• 30:08
  SPEAKER_01: So something that you could do is head to Trafalgar Square and Comet Garden.
• 30:12
  SPEAKER_01: So those are the two places I'm gonna talk about.
• 30:14
  SPEAKER_01: So I would head basically to the National Gallery, and I would spend the morning in the National Gallery, I would pop across to the cafe in the crypt for lunch, which is literally just across the road at St.
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_01: Martin in the Fields.
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_01: We absolutely love it.
• 30:27
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, really great place.
• 30:29
  SPEAKER_01: So stay dry in there, stay dry in there, and then I'd pop after that, I'd pop across the road to the National Portrait Gallery.
• 30:35
  SPEAKER_01: So you've got two fantastic galleries.
• 30:38
  SPEAKER_01: I I I love both of them, so that's what I would do.
• 30:40
  SPEAKER_01: So I'd gone to one gallery, had some lunch, gone to another gallery, then after that, I would head to Covent Gardener.
• 30:46
  SPEAKER_01: So that is you're gonna you're not gonna be undercover for that bit.
• 30:49
  SPEAKER_01: So you're gonna have to walk probably seven or eight minutes from the National Portrait Portrait Gallery to Covent Garden.
• 30:54
  SPEAKER_01: But once you get to Covent Garden, you've got the shops, you can hang in, have a cup of tea, you've got the museum, the London Transport Museum, so you can enjoy that.
• 31:04
  SPEAKER_01: Then what I would do, assuming I got myself a ticket for the theatre for that night, I would have a pre-theatre dinner.
• 31:11
  SPEAKER_01: You're in the middle of theatre land there, so there are restaurants everywhere, some fantastic restaurants.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_01: Then I would go to the theatre, I'd see my show, and then I'd go back to my hotel.
• 31:23
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's a pretty cool.
• 31:29
  SPEAKER_01: So, what would you do then, Doug?
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know, maybe I'd consider one of the football ground tours or something like that, because only a little bit of it's actually outside, so that that'd be an option for me.
• 31:39
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 31:39
  SPEAKER_02: Or I'd find one of the fantastic bookshops.
• 31:42
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, there are some very good bookshops.
• 31:44
  SPEAKER_02: I'd have a look around a few of those.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_02: Uh so that'd be options for me.
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_01: So there's lots and lots of different options and things that you can do.
• 31:51
  SPEAKER_01: Really, there is a lot to do.
• 31:53
  SPEAKER_02: I could possibly spend all day around Covent Garden and not a lot of the stuff.
• 31:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
• 31:56
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you'd probably do you'd probably spend the morning in the London Transport Museum and then the afternoon, it's really good.
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_01: Well, there's also some very there's also that amazingly fantastic bookshop, travel bookshop near Covent Garden as well.
• 32:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so uh yeah, lots to do, lots to see.
• 32:11
  SPEAKER_01: So don't worry if the rain's forecast because honestly, there's lots of choice, absolutely lots of choice.
• 32:16
  SPEAKER_01: Now, if you've got children with you, I would say head to South Kensington, go through the tunnel from the tube to the natural history museum or the science museum in the morning, have lunch in one of the cafes, um, and then the afternoon just swap to the other other museum.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_02: That's a good idea.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_02: I honestly think that's really cool.
• 32:33
  SPEAKER_02: Those museums, there's there's more in there for children than you actually realise.
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, the science museum's great.
• 32:39
  SPEAKER_01: Quite engaging in terms of absolutely.
• 32:40
  SPEAKER_01: So both of those the science museum and natural history museum are absolutely perfect for kids if that's what we want to do, and just keep them occupied all day.
• 32:47
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 32:48
  SPEAKER_01: Plenty to do and see.
• 32:49
  SPEAKER_01: So this brings us to the end of this week's episode.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_01: So thank you for joining me and Doug.
• 32:53
  SPEAKER_03: Thank you.
• 32:54
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I hope that the next time you look out of our London hotel window and see rain, you'll already know what you're gonna do that day.
• 33:00
  SPEAKER_01: So everything I've mentioned is linked in the show notes, uktravelplanning.com forward slash episode 222, including the weather apps, the museums, theatre ticket booth, and episode 192, all about London's top museums.
• 33:14
  SPEAKER_01: Now, if you'd like to see how close together all of these places are that we've talked about, take a look at our ultimate London travel planning map.
• 33:21
  SPEAKER_01: It has more than 900 handpicked places across London, so you can see the glance what's indoors and nearby wherever you happen to be when the rain starts.
• 33:29
  SPEAKER_01: And I will put the link also in the show notes.
• 33:31
  SPEAKER_01: Now, if you have a question about your trip, leave Doug and I a message through Speakpipe because we'd love to hear from you.
• 33:37
  SPEAKER_01: Definitely, yeah, we really enjoy that.
• 33:38
  SPEAKER_01: But I guess that just leaves us to say until next week, Doug.
• 33:41
  SPEAKER_01: Happy UK travel planning!