West Wickham, Part 3, May 29, 30

  On May 29, we had our first day of rain while in West Wickham.
  As Annie and Katrina have passes to Greenwich (given to them by Sue Williams), a group of us took the train and DLR. (Annie, Ewan, Adam, Katrina, Lewis, Connor, Ken and us). We all were pretty soaked, but it was a warm rain.
   We toured the museum first. The kids enjoyed the big map on the floor as well as the temporary exhibit of seaside photographs, highlighting British beach customs. It was interesting, and, quite strangely, held their interest. Afterwards, Mark gave them each a little lesson in photographs and let them all use his camera, as did Ken. They were primed to look at photos differently.
   Then, we dashed to the Queen's House in the pouring rain and looked at architecture and art. Ken laid on the floor to photograph a spiral staircase which led to the kids all laying on a gallery floor and photographing the ceiling. They had a blast.
   Then, back to West Wickham.
   Everyone, except Walshie, met for fish and chips at a local restaurant in the high street. (Walshie was working on his VAG festival and then got stuck in a traffic jam, making him late to work.) Will paid for it all, despite Ken and Mark's intention to foot the bill. Then we walked to "Afters" an ice cream/dessert shop where the kids had ice cream.
   On the 30th, the last day of our adventure, we got up and visited Katrina and the kids at her house for a last cup of tea.
   We returned our car with trepidation as the company, Green Motion, is a scam. They tried to bully us into admitting to a small scrape on the INSIDE of a door. Mark put up a big stink. Everyone around us was doing the same. One young man paid over 600 pounds for a 60 pound damage to one tire, but, because of time, he paid it. At any rate, to get rid of us, they waved us away, so now we just hope that we get our deposit back. We called the broker, Indigo Cars, from the airport to register our complaint.
   Then- off to the Norwegian Air Club where we had salmon salad and cappuchino waiting for our flight.