My son has a concert to go to this week. My daughter has been in London this weekend. My wife and I have realised that we need to make sure that both are better equipped to travel in London.
We both grew up in or close to the city and were used to travelling by The Tube or by bus. When we took my daughter down to London, we realised that we had taken things for granted as while we were used to travelling on the system, they were not. My daughter now hopefully is better prepared for it, but I am not sure with my son.
My Mum, who lives in London, has asked about my son travelling down to see her. But I had to remind her that it would take him three hours to get to her and three hours to get back. The train journey from Colchester to Liverpool Street station is an hour, if there is no engineering work, he would have to use The Tube, and then there is the walk to and from the stations at both sides of the journey. Once I pointed that out, she accepted that would not be happening l hopefully we will see her next weekend, but we have to get there early as otherwise a drive of ninety minutes can take three hours in traffic.
