A Perfect Day to discover London - Kev's Travel Stories

We started off with a bus journey.

from the Fulham Road all the way into South Kensington.

Now, South Kensington has memories for both him and me.

It's where I had my ballet with the Andrew Hardy School of Dancing, which is just behind the Alliance Francaise.

And then Paul, of course, worked in the V&A for decades.

And so we started off and I said to Paul, OK, we have to start off with coffee, be a coffee addict.

And so he said, OK, this is where we can go.

Now, this, my friends, I'm going to tell you, this is the place to go if you're in London.

Not too crowded.

The coffee's excellent.

It's all pricey, but it's no different to Starbucks, really.

If you go into the Victoria and Albert Museum, And you go to the garden area.

There's a little pool there and there's a coffee shop.

And we sat in the sun.

Two kids took off their shoes and went splashing.

Kieron went splashing in his Arsenal shirt.

All the time we were getting not catcalls, but actually calls of, well done, mate, and great, and up the champions.

So it was a popular victory, I think.

Children splashed around and I sat in a little bit of shade with Paul, sipping excellent espresso, drinking water and chatting.

Now, Paul being one of the great experts, he's taken around prime ministers and royalty around and shown them things.

And this was our chance to get just a little taste.

Now with kids of that age, we don't want to overdo it.

So he said, show us three objects.