December : Akash visits the Science Museum
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Akash temple visit from TR on Vimeo.
A day out in the country and a temple visit :
Akash Year: out and about
Kew Gardens
September
The gardens at Kew provided a glorious setting for one of our first trips as a group with visits to the Palm House.Highlights included the enormous early Victorian hothouses of metal and curved sheets of glass; the impressive Princess of Wales Conservatory ; the red-brick, 1631 Kew Palace , formerly King George III's country retreat; the celebrated Chinese Pagoda designed by William Chambers in 1762; the Temperate House , the world's largest ornamental glasshouse sadly it is closed for restoration until 2018); and the very enjoyable Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway , where we could survey the tree canopy from 18m up in the air.
Cable Car
October
An intrepid party set out for the Cable Car station in London’s Docklands on a rainy weekday morning via the Docklands Light Railway. The poor weather had the advantage that the queues were small to get onto the cable car to Greenwich but the views were still surprisingly good. A total of 10 residents plus ASRA’s support officer residents came and all joined us for a light lunch in the O2 Dome after the trip before returning to Bloomsbury on the Underground.
Crews Hill
March
This garden centre and collection of outdoors related businesses in North London provided the venue for a highly enjoyable visit which was followed by a light lunch in a nearby Bengali restaurant.
Brick Lane/Video Club
April
A visit to a series of specialist shops in and around Brick Lane where we chose and purchased a collection of classic and modern South Asian films including Bollywood Classics and box office hits. Afterwards we enjoyed a light lunch in a nearby Bengali restaurant.
British Museum
May
The British Museum presents a major exhibition looking at an important transition in Egypt’s history never explored before in its entirety. Egypt: faith after the pharaohs explores 1,200 years of history, providing unparalleled insight into the lives of different religious communities. This exhibition of around 200 objects shows how Christian, Islamic and Jewish communities reinterpreted the pharaonic past of Egypt and interacted with one another. The transitions seen in this period have shaped the modern world we know today.
Fruit Picking
July
Hugely popular trip to Garsons Pick Your Own Farm near Esher. We went by minibus, piloted by our trusty driver Paul Corrigan from A1 Minibus Hire, the film and location transport specialists who are happy to provide highly competitive rates for Akash trips.
The visit was to the UK’s largest Pick Your Own farm for 150 acres of fruit, vegetables and flowers. From May to October there is a choice of over 40 crops exclusively for pick-your-own harvesting on our farm in Esher, Surrey. The crops include strawberries, raspberries, runner beans, peas and sunflowers. Most popular with residents on this trip were courgettes, sweetcorn and late raspberries.
Kew Gardens
September
The gardens at Kew provided a glorious setting for one of our first trips as a group with visits to the Palm House.Highlights included the enormous early Victorian hothouses of metal and curved sheets of glass; the impressive Princess of Wales Conservatory ; the red-brick, 1631 Kew Palace , formerly King George III's country retreat; the celebrated Chinese Pagoda designed by William Chambers in 1762; the Temperate House , the world's largest ornamental glasshouse sadly it is closed for restoration until 2018); and the very enjoyable Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway , where we could survey the tree canopy from 18m up in the air.
Cable Car
October
An intrepid party set out for the Cable Car station in London’s Docklands on a rainy weekday morning via the Docklands Light Railway. The poor weather had the advantage that the queues were small to get onto the cable car to Greenwich but the views were still surprisingly good. A total of 10 residents plus ASRA’s support officer residents came and all joined us for a light lunch in the O2 Dome after the trip before returning to Bloomsbury on the Underground.
Crews Hill
March
This garden centre and collection of outdoors related businesses in North London provided the venue for a highly enjoyable visit which was followed by a light lunch in a nearby Bengali restaurant.
Brick Lane/Video Club
April
A visit to a series of specialist shops in and around Brick Lane where we chose and purchased a collection of classic and modern South Asian films including Bollywood Classics and box office hits. Afterwards we enjoyed a light lunch in a nearby Bengali restaurant.
British Museum
May
The British Museum presents a major exhibition looking at an important transition in Egypt’s history never explored before in its entirety. Egypt: faith after the pharaohs explores 1,200 years of history, providing unparalleled insight into the lives of different religious communities. This exhibition of around 200 objects shows how Christian, Islamic and Jewish communities reinterpreted the pharaonic past of Egypt and interacted with one another. The transitions seen in this period have shaped the modern world we know today.
Fruit Picking
July
Hugely popular trip to Garsons Pick Your Own Farm near Esher. We went by minibus, piloted by our trusty driver Paul Corrigan from A1 Minibus Hire, the film and location transport specialists who are happy to provide highly competitive rates for Akash trips.
The visit was to the UK’s largest Pick Your Own farm for 150 acres of fruit, vegetables and flowers. From May to October there is a choice of over 40 crops exclusively for pick-your-own harvesting on our farm in Esher, Surrey. The crops include strawberries, raspberries, runner beans, peas and sunflowers. Most popular with residents on this trip were courgettes, sweetcorn and late raspberries.