London
Wed 19/10/2011
Another good day at the London NHM. I worked through 5 more boxes, took 11 photos of Queensland specimens, and photocopied all relevant pages in the NHM Bauer catalogue. I get another 6 boxes tomorrow; they are happier with me sorting through the boxes rather than them having to find individual paintings/species, which apparently is how it works normally. I am about half way through but should speed up from now on. My question is the quality of the photographs without flash, but then that was always going to be the problem.
Apart from the work the London situation is a bit average. Barking is a reasonably depressed outer suburb with little to recommend it. It takes an hour on the Underground to get to the Museum and there is not the alternative of a direct bus to get me there. When I checked the London Transport site I got a "5 change" bus alternative to the straight-through Underground route. Not a practical option. I have tried leaving earlier and later but the Underground train to London is still crowded; just the nature of a dormitory suburb.
I have been coming back at 3.30 in the afternoon because of the cold and because I do not want to travel this area at night. It has an interesting racial mix, not all of them friendly.
I am checking my schedule of meeting (with Sarah, the MoD, and with James) to make sure I have allowed enough travel time. All the meetings are in the daylight (around lunchtime) so I am covered. From tomorrow I have 8 days before I fly out.
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