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WHY I HATE AMERICANS
WoS
Goes To London
It's been a pretty
sucky year for WoS daytrips, dear viewers. Abysmal weather, various technical and
traffic issues, and real-life economic pressures have conspired to
imprison your would-be intrepid reporter within his own four walls for
almost the whole of 2008, with the few ventures that were attempted
(such as a rather bizarre trip to the Green Man festival in Abergavenny) invariably ending ankle-deep in
mud. Only once, on a warm and sunny day in early
September, did the fates (taking the
form of a fortuitous series of unikely coincidences and special-offer
promotions) align
to permit a moderately successful adventure, and even then the quest
ended with most of its original goals unconquered. But the two primary
missions were both achieved, and surpassed all expectations, and WoS
now humbly submits its debriefing for your enlightenment.
If, like this writer,
you're a fan of delicious snack treats, there exists in the UK a
national archive of the utmost importance. The
Museum Of Brands, Packaging and
Advertising in London's Notting Hill isn't merely a repository of
old crisp and sweet wrappers, but it counts many hundreds of such
exhibits among its thousands of items, and with the aid of a bargain
advance rail ticket and a
stupendously excellent two-for-one admission promotion, the entire
WoS team set off for the capital on a massively ambitious cultural tour
designed to explore as much of the nation's history as humanly possible
in a single day. Departing from Bath Spa railway station at the crack of
dawn one Saturday morning, we arrived at Paddington, and then from Notting
Hill tube station, just in time for opening.
The Union Jack building isn't the museum. But
that's some serious branding anyway.
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