Acton Depot Open Day

I woke up with a cold on this morning, so after lazing around for a few hours we decided to make the most of the rest of the day. After visiting the “real” Paddington Bear at Paddington station, we jumped on the train to Acton for a super geeky adventure day.

It was the Acton Museum Depot open day – an extension of the London Transport Museum which only opens once a year.

The depot was crazy and filled with all kinds of tube trains.

I’m sure we were the youngest people there but we love the underground, so we didn’t care!

There were lots of old fancy buses and trams, as well as trains.

There were lots of cool underground signs.

Now I finally understand how the tube stations lay on a map around our house (we live pretty much where the black smudge is).

We got to take a ride on a fancy old Routemaster Bus. I always feel like the Spice Girls jumping in and out the back door.

I managed to pick up some big shiny tube uniform buttons which will look great on my sailor dress.

The hairdressers next to the station has a very odd selection of trinkets and portraits in the window.