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== Travel == | == Travel == | ||
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| − | * | + | * We <b>all</b> need to be at the Westminster Pier, just across from the Westminster Underground station, by <b>10:00</b> Saturday morning. |
| − | + | * The ferry will leave Westminster Pier at 10:20 for Greenwich. | |
* The trip takes about an hour, the view is much nicer from the (exposed to the elements) upper-deck of the boat, consider dressing appropriately for that environment. | * The trip takes about an hour, the view is much nicer from the (exposed to the elements) upper-deck of the boat, consider dressing appropriately for that environment. | ||
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| + | Return: | ||
| + | * We <b>all</b> need to be at the Greenwich Pier by <b>15:40</b> Saturday afternoon. | ||
| + | * The ferry will leave Greenwich Pier at 16:00 for Westminster. | ||
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| + | Thames River Services, http://thamesriverservices.co.uk/ | ||
== Preparation == | == Preparation == | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 26 January 2011
Greenwich Excursion, Saturday 29 January 2011
Travel
Outbound:
- We all need to be at the Westminster Pier, just across from the Westminster Underground station, by 10:00 Saturday morning.
- The ferry will leave Westminster Pier at 10:20 for Greenwich.
- The trip takes about an hour, the view is much nicer from the (exposed to the elements) upper-deck of the boat, consider dressing appropriately for that environment.
Return:
- We all need to be at the Greenwich Pier by 15:40 Saturday afternoon.
- The ferry will leave Greenwich Pier at 16:00 for Westminster.
Thames River Services, http://thamesriverservices.co.uk/
Preparation
- TBD.
Plan
- TBD.
Bloggers
We will need two volunteers from the studio audience to take pictures and write-up/post a blog entry about this excursion. Get in touch if you are interested.
Science, Technology and Society
There are many connections to the course in Greenwich:
- Royal Observatory
- John Harrison's marine chronometers
- Longitude 0, aka Greenwich Meridian
First Lab
- TBD.
Background Material
Local Attractions
- Market (chartered in 1700) - this is a great market and I encourage you to walk through it at some point during the day.
- Cutty Sark - an old famous boat.
- Palace of Placentia/Royal Naval College - beautiful architecture, historical significance
- National Maritime Museum -
- Gipsy Moth IV - a relatively new famous boat, piloted around the world.
- Greenwich foot tunnel - an old bit of solid engineering that takes you under the Thames.
