Saturday, 25 May 2013

12. Covent Garden


Saturday 25th May 2pm

This is the Tube station they don' really want you to use - for years you could only exit it on a Saturday afternoon, and they still suggest you use either Holborn or Leicester Square to avoid the crowds. So I always avoid it, but I wanted to check it off my list so I risked the crowds on a Saturday afternoon and do you know what, they weren't as bad as lots of other stations I've been through.

The main problem is the lack of escalators, meaning you have to queue for the lifts, unless of course you want to tackle the stairs - 193 steps, equivalent to a 15 storey building, which they warn you only to use in case of emergency. Now I'm a gym goer I was tempted to try them but thought better over it. Probably wisely.

There's some lovely tiling on the platforms:


Wikipedia entry here

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