AIEEE EA IND hI AC BLAME EERE ARNETTE 8 ZTE AIER IS OP Lots to do In Jolly Old this time of year Surfing, you say, old chap? IT WAS a lovely, lazy Sunday afternoon at Clam Bay Farm on Pender Island during this fast summer when I got talk- ing to a local who hailed from Glasgow and whose teenage daughter was plan- ning to attend college there. __ She loved it, he was saying, David Wishart “i because the music and fashion scene in Scotland was so vibrant. Cut to London a few weeks ago and an announcement by the British Tourist Authority that young people around the world are now a big target mar- ket. It also launched a magazine UK: The Guide which gets right to the point saying everybody loves Britain because it is quaint, full of terrific old castles and wonderful marmalade, warbling West End thespians and blokes in bearskin hats, Okay, say the editors, if that’s your cup of tea, fine, but there's more to Britain, such as the most cosmopolitan culture in Europe with the best young music, theatre, com- edy, dance, media and fashion. Or come for the surfing (you’d better believe it), just one of the sur- prises in store for young travellers in Britain. All this is no surprise to many Canadians such as the young Maritimer working at a bistro in Covent Garden. He loved the strik- ing clothes, the lively strect markets but also exploring history with weekend walks. Expensive? Not really. Everybody in Loudon shares and he had easily found affordable accommodation. ‘If you're not going over to work the trick is to travel off-season. British Airways has some great fares right now as well as bargain hotel packages you'll never see in the summer. These rates apply to everybody, of course, and much of what London does best also has wide appeal, such as a day at Greenwich. Saturdays and Sundays are best when there is the added attraction of a good craft :narket dating back to 1737. Within a short walk are the famous 1869 tea clipper Cutty Sark, Wren’s Royal Observatory — which established Greenwich as the reference point for navigation and time worldwide —— and the Royal Nava! College, built as a palace lor ENJOY your Vacation! Leave your Residence in the care of Homecheck A Senice of morxmsio. HOMECheck PROPERTIES LTD. WEST VANCOUVER B.C. PAGER:623-5116 Chazies Il and where Nelson's body lay in state after Trafalgar. A new Nelson exhibition has opened at the National Maritime Museum across the road, charting Nelson’s buttles and his private life and includes the uniform in which he died and the musket ball which killed him. Other galleries turn up a globe of 1491 without America or Australia, Captain Cook’s sextant, and the All Hands section where children revel in realistic tastes oi seafaring life. Back outside, Greenwich Park and Blackheath beckoned. or per- haps a cruise down the river to Wesuninster, or a stroil through a tunnel into the Docklands and some of those quaint old pubs and wendy restaurants. But we chose to walk beside the Thames and ended up at the Trafalgar Tavem, right on the river and a place where Charles Dickens often had dinner. We too stepped for a meal, although in summer I doubt if you could get near the bar let alone the dining room. ‘The next day was a change of .66 If you’re not going over (to England) to work, the trick is to travel in tne off-sea- son, 99 pacc. a stroll into Soho and up Wardour Street, home of British movies and music. At the site of the original Marquee Club, where Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton per- formed, is London’s newest and David Wishart photo TRANQUIL GREEN- Park with Royal Observatory on the top makes for an idyi- ' tic setting for an | afternoon stroll. Europe's biggest restaurant, the 700-seat Mezzo, where luuch ($40 a head, plus wine} while very good and beautifully served, clearly comes second to seeing who's there and with whom. The creator, Sir Terence Conran, he of Habitat, son Jasper and Quaglino’s and Bibendum restau- rants (Di goes there, so don’t send your husband alone) designed Mezzo with glass walls, stainless steel and marble with 100 chefs and a regiment of waiters dashing around. All this makes for a fizzy but noisy atmosphere with lip-read- ers in the van. Also new is Waxy O'Connor's Irish pub, conveniently located round the corner, where there's music, stout and even a confession box, presumably for those who for- get to buy a round. It was there that we met two young Italians swaying to a melody from Galway. They were just off the train from Glasgey,, where one of them meta girl who played ina rock band. She was not only beautiful, her mother not only made him mince “a* tatties (a national dish second cnly to hag- gis) but she piayed the wildest music on her electric bagpipes. } BURNABYAALTAGE MUSEUM . nr Eevperience the warmth of an old-fashioned Christmas! 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