We carefully arranged to meet Steve & Eryn at King's Cross Station at 5.30 pm after visiting the British Museum for the day. We left our borrowed suitcase at the Museum Cloakroom and spent the day fascinated by the immense array of items, only scratching the surface. There are many highlights and in the wake of being in Turkey and Greece found we were joining many dots together.
We had lunch at a nearby pub, the Plough, but there was no ploughman's lunch on the menu. Not to worry after an enjoyable meal we discovered a superb private art gallery nearby and spent some pleasant time there. Then it was back to the Museum until it was time to make our way to the Station to meet up with Steve and Eryn in good time for our reservation on the York train.
However Steve immediately noticed that the suitcase we were wheeling was not the one he had loaned us and a quick search inside revealed the horrible truth. The Cloakroom at the Museum had given us the wrong one! To cut a long story short after a taxi dash and swap we still missed our train to York. Thanks to the kindness of British Rail we did get standing room on a later train. We thought about our comfy empty seats on the earlier train and the British Museum now has received appropriate written feedback!
Most of this tribulation was quickly forgotten when we arrived at our B&B Saxon House in York. We had a pleasant pub meal over the road and prepared for a couple of days exploring this ancient city.
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However Steve immediately noticed that the suitcase we were wheeling was not the one he had loaned us and a quick search inside revealed the horrible truth. The Cloakroom at the Museum had given us the wrong one! To cut a long story short after a taxi dash and swap we still missed our train to York. Thanks to the kindness of British Rail we did get standing room on a later train. We thought about our comfy empty seats on the earlier train and the British Museum now has received appropriate written feedback!
Most of this tribulation was quickly forgotten when we arrived at our B&B Saxon House in York. We had a pleasant pub meal over the road and prepared for a couple of days exploring this ancient city.
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