Sep 08, 2011

The morning was grey and cold so we donned the waterproofs for our ride to Faversham on the bikes to keep the cold out then hopped on the train and headed for London where we planned to catch up with some of the troops from Women in Logistics UK (WIL UK). http://www.womeninlogistics.org.uk We checked into our hotel which was lovely and located next door to the Charing Cross Railway Station and set out to explore.



Looking to the London Transport Museum from Covent Garden Market

We were amazed at the scale of things in London. My dear old Mum used to say being at my house was like living on an ants nest with so much activity and I was reminded of this with the level of movement and people as we tramped about London. We enjoyed walking through the Covent Garden Markets with a basement, ground and first floor level under the big glass ceilings very reminiscent of the Melbourne Victorian Markets though a much grander scale.

We also enjoyed our dinner with the WIL UK troops and the chance to compare notes of the intensity of traffic, population, congestion and the logistics needed to manage all that. The differences between the UK challenges and ours in relation to the smaller population and remotness we experience in Australia was both different and yet the same when it came down to customers, freight and bringing it all together.

We also heard about Transaid, the charity they sponsor which sounds very impressive and Clare Bottle is about to head off on a sponsorship exercise to Madagasgar. You can find out all about it at www.transaid.org



Dinner with WIL UK L - R Gary Forster (Transaid), Norm, Nola, Clare Bottle (WIL UK)