It may have been hot this weekend but I have found the perfect answer – a secret oasis tucked away in the Victoria & Albert Museum.The John Madejski Garden is a beautiful garden-cum-restaurant with a stunning oval cool shallow pool in the centre. Set in one of the picturesque courtyards, it is surrounded by blue and purple hydrangeas and intricate green plastic screens – as inspired by a Chinese garden.
Children and adults paddle quietly, while others look on sipping a glass of rose or nibbling some moist carrot cake.
Paddling is seriously wonderful in the heat. Something about getting your ankles and nothing else wet, is incredibly relaxing and soothing. It hits that spot that needed cooling while giving you a floaty and pensive feeling.
It takes you back to your childhood except paddling occurred back then in a garden encircled by fence as opposed to the 19th century grandeur of the buildings at the V & A.
I would have loved to report my opinions on the exhibitions, especially the Supremes and the new jewellery show, but alas I paddled till closing time, enamoured by the coolness of the water and the beauty of my surroundings.
So go find this secret spot but don’t tell everyone.
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