NHM: Half Term Hordes

This is a panorama formed from three landscape photographs: this afforded me a more wideangle perspective than I could have achieved just by taking a portrait photograph...

I've been feeling a bit under the weather, and this photo proves it... I must be sick: this is an NHM photo featuring people (and lots of them)! The museum becomes absolutely gridlocked during half term: the dinosaur gallery develops a queue so long that barriers are put out to form a zigzag snake like the queues in theme parks. I really can't believe it makes an enjoyable outing: long queues, and so many people everywhere that it is tricky to move let alone see the exhibits. Hum, I suppose that people visit when they can, but I think that coming during half term would only put people off ever visiting NHM again.

I was torn about what to blip, but this one captures the feel of the day best: I got to hide away in the herbarium, but every time that I needed to go anywhere, I found myself feeling rather cowed by the crowds. At least the top (by the Sequoia) remained quieter (as usual) since people rarely have the stamina to head up so far!