Olympia has its own dedicated station where trains set you down conveniently right next to the exhibition centre. On our second visit to the London Wine Fair a crier outside told us we would have shorter queues if we turned right and went to the West entrance. We turned the corner of the road, then another corner past some interesting shops including an Indian restaurant. But it was a long walk.
Inside, at this show, the organiser's office and the press office were upstairs on the gallery above the other entrance. One one occasion I was looking for one of the rooms which turned out to be in a second hall. I accidentally wandered into a downstairs grand hall decorated with huge paintings. This private room was for elite people to be invited to meals, the big spenders nominated by the people with the big stands.
On the right side of the lower hall is a Ladies Toilet which on the ground floor has only three cubicles. In addition there's a larger handicapped cubicle with an outward opening door, which can be disconcerting if you have not latched it properly.
Upstairs are more toilets. Should you drag your heavy bag or trolley upstairs? If upstairs has a longer queue, you risk losing your place in the downstairs queue.
Inside the cubicle, if you are carrying a glass of wine or water, full or nearly empty, there is no flat surface to place your glass. (I was told the same applies in the Gents.)
However, if you go to the ladies on the left hand wall of the hall you will find more cubicles on ground level.
Remember to turn the tap to turn it off. It does not turn off automatically. I peered under the tap to see whether it operated by a movement sensor. No. I discovered that it swivelled clockwise to hot and anticlockwise to cold.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer, photographer, researcher, author, speaker.
Inside, at this show, the organiser's office and the press office were upstairs on the gallery above the other entrance. One one occasion I was looking for one of the rooms which turned out to be in a second hall. I accidentally wandered into a downstairs grand hall decorated with huge paintings. This private room was for elite people to be invited to meals, the big spenders nominated by the people with the big stands.
On the right side of the lower hall is a Ladies Toilet which on the ground floor has only three cubicles. In addition there's a larger handicapped cubicle with an outward opening door, which can be disconcerting if you have not latched it properly.
Upstairs are more toilets. Should you drag your heavy bag or trolley upstairs? If upstairs has a longer queue, you risk losing your place in the downstairs queue.
Inside the cubicle, if you are carrying a glass of wine or water, full or nearly empty, there is no flat surface to place your glass. (I was told the same applies in the Gents.)
However, if you go to the ladies on the left hand wall of the hall you will find more cubicles on ground level.
Remember to turn the tap to turn it off. It does not turn off automatically. I peered under the tap to see whether it operated by a movement sensor. No. I discovered that it swivelled clockwise to hot and anticlockwise to cold.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer, photographer, researcher, author, speaker.
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