As an aside - foodfree fun

Those of you who are always plodding along like me pondering about non-food orientated treats - I have a new one for you - The London Transport Museum. Ruby is 2 & a 1/4 and she loved it. But I think it would entertain most kids up to about 7. You can climb on and off doubledeckers from the 1930s to the 1980s, pretend to drive in the real cabs of old tubes, buses and trains. It's awesome and there's no food and drink in there so you don't have to worry about them getting a contamination. We took Ruby's picnic as usual and ate in a cafe on Covent Garden Market. For those, who, like us have to be very careful how long little one is strapped in and immobile, it's train to Waterloo - so plenty of wriggle room in the seat/carriage etc, walk over to CG - 15 mins pushchair, max. Then there's a free cloakroom, so you can abandon all the crap you took with you, and apart from brief interlude in high chair in cafe, they can pootle around until you go home. Ace. We managed to talk Gumpa in to abandoning the helm of the family company and playing hooky with us, so Rubes is now convinced that "Gumpa do drive a train".

Even better, the ticket lasts for a whole year and only cost £13.50 in the first place.

Beats the hell out of trying to keep her from touching or ingesting the mass of ground-in kitkat crumbs in our local Softplay centre. Hah. And, what's more, you're in Covent Garden. Shoparama!

PS for those logistically minded with pushchairs - left out of the taxi exit from Waterloo, down to the underpass lift at the end - through the underpass into the Imax bit. Then second exit is the disabled ramp which takes you all the way up onto the bridge that comes out right by the Lion King. 2 mins walk to Covent Garden then!

PPS for those whose kids are a bit conservative, don't take them inside the horse-drawn omnibuses on the third floor. the mannequins move a bit and talk and Ruby didn't like it. Everywhere else they are just models.

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