Last weekend I got a ticket to visit Buckingham Palace (the gallery, mews and state rooms). I got there a bit early (you have timed entry) so stopped for a cup of tea and something to eat. It turned out to be the most expensive cup and tea and biscuits I have ever had. And the biscuits weren't even very big!
The gallery is nice but I am just not that into historical art. Especially as I had no idea why I was looking at Venetian art at an English palace.
Some of the sketches of the theatre parts were interesting.
You are supposed to spend about 1 hr 15 mins around the gallery. I was bored within 10 mins. Though it took another 5 mins to find the way out.
The next stop was the Royal Mews. Which apparently doesn't actually house any horses. There are the carriages, though they all looked the same to me and the numbers on the information had no relation to the numbers on the audio guide.
The only one with real information was the jubilee carriage. From what I can gather, most of it is made from old material but is newly built.
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| Jubilee carriage. |
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| Distinct lack of horses |
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| The only horses were plastic! |
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| A lot of gold leaf. |
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| Neptune. |
I managed to spend about 20 mins there before I ran out of things to do and had a while before my next entry so went for lunch before the state rooms.
On entry they had 3 metal detector to get about 250 people through every 15 minutes. So chaos.
Once I got in, it was better. You can't take any photos inside, but it was the only bit worth seeing. Though I would have liked some more information about what was going on.
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| From the gardens. |
Overall it was a giant disappointment. Windsor was so much better, with more information and much better organisation.
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| Through the garden on the way. |
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