To take a beach trolley around London with kids in it?

[thesurreymum]

Planning a day out at the science museum on my own with DC in half term. They are 5 and 4 and we do not have a pushchair. Every time we go to London they get so tired walking around/tubes etc. can I take my beach buggy and when they've had enough I can push them around in it? It folds down and is on wheels so I can carry it when going on tubes etc. not sure if a it looks really silly and will be more faff than it's worth. Wwyd?

I think it would be really impractical for you and be a hell of an effort. It would also be much too large for moving around on the streets.

A cheap stroller with a buggy board? Could you borrow one from a mate?

We took my 4 year old grandson to London last year. We absolutely regretted not taking a buggy! It’s one thing to go on a nice leisurely 2 mile walk at home, it’s quite a different thing spending the day walking round a very crowded, unfamiliar city.

OP, don’t even think about taking that trolley. You won’t manage on the underground, you won’t get through the crowds.

Have you always been this nasty?

Why is it nasty? Too many 5 year olds are fat. 5 year olds should not be in buggies unless they have a disability.

No. It’s too low to be easily visible in crowds and they are awkward and heavy to carry (we have one). If you’re carrying it, it will be really tricky to be fully able to help small children on and off escalators, tube trains etc.

Either plan the trip to minimise walking or hang on a year or two and work on their walking stamina in the meantime.

I am an Early Years specialist and see 100s of 4/5year olds and while I do see the occasional overweight child the vast majority are not. You are being ridiculous.

Taking a buggy on a one off trip which involves a great deal of waking is a practical solution.

That would be madness. Far too bulky for central London streets, and I've no idea how you'd carry it and hold your kids' hands at the same time at tube stations etc. Not to mention what you'd do with it on the tube itself.

Bunce1 · Today 22:51MrsSkylerWhite · Today 22:48
Why is it nasty? Too many 5 year olds are fat. 5 year olds should not be in buggies unless they have a disability.
I am an Early Years specialist and see 100s of 4/5year olds and while I do see the occasional overweight child the vast majority are not. You are being ridiculous.

Taking a buggy on a one off trip which involves a great deal of waking is a practical solution.”

Are these 100s of 4 and 5 year olds that you see regularly transported in buggies? I would be astonished if they were. Our eldest is an educational psychologist. You are being ridiculous.
Healthy 5 year olds do not need buggies, be it in the city or the countryside.

They look hideous those things!

You’d be exhausted and I don’t think they’d let you in (there are luggage limits). Can’t you borrow a double buggy? Or better plan you days so it’s not too tiring for them.

I don't think those trolleys were designed for busy town centres, especially London. They would get in everyone's way.

A double buggy? For 4 and 5 year olds? Honestly….

Just walk. Slowly if necessary. Or leave it til next year.

No people could trip over it as London is extremely busy. It will annoy others when you can't steer it properly and fast when needed.

That would be an absolute disaster imo. In fact perhaps completely impossible in half term! You could look into either hiring a buggy within London. I regularly used to take my dc for whole days out all over London on the tube aged 2+ with nothing but my skinny arms if they really couldn't handle it anymore I'd carry them. But carrying was negotiated heavily!!

They slept on the tube and then we'd go onto somewhere else. It was fine and far more preferable than even bothering with a buggy tbh. They then just slept on the train on the way back.

Please don’t. There’s no time that would be workable in busy areas that you’ll be visiting. Scale down your plans and build in rest breaks. Perhaps do the science museum and then the Diana playground. That’s your day sorted. Easily walkable for all.

This has to be a 'joke'

I can’t see you being allowed to take that anywhere in the Science Museum, or anywhere similar, and it would be a death trap on the streets and the tube.

Go on the bus, be leisurely, don’t try to pack too much in, plenty of stops for a drink.

Are you talking about the Easter holidays - if so no it will be mobbed.

It would be really dangerous - a real hazard for pedestrians.

Might not be your thing, but you can still use a preschool carrier like the Tula at that age unless they're mega tall. They go up over 30kg if I recall correctly.

i'm a Londoner and take one when going out with my 3 year old in case he gets tired, and I have friends that do the same with older kids. Just bung in the bottom of your bag in case they get too knackered and need a bit of help. Can be a life safer at the end of the day when they're knackered and you've got to navigate the masses at a tube station.

Although I guess if you're not used to it the weight may be tricky.

In Germany we call it a Bollerwagen.

A double buggy for a 4 and 5 year old 😂 god imagine how heavy that would be to push around all day never mind getting on and off buses and tubes 🤦🏻 not all stations have lifts and the children are 4 and 5!!!

Who is going to lend a double buggy for a 4 and 5 year old anyway, will probably come back broken!

Well you can take it, get in everyone’s way and annoy them plus cause chaos in the museum or you can take the bus and stop for a sit down every so often.

I actually saw a man with a child in one yesterday at Liverpool Street station. Really cant see how you would get it up and down steps