A Look At London: Through The Eye

One fine day some months ago, we decided it was time to be tourists in our city again and hit The London Eye together with Bron and Andy - collectively and affectionately known as Brandy. We had already seen the Eye from many angles (it's somewhat hard to miss) but had never actually ridden a "pod" to see for ourselves why the queues for this thing are still monstrous, 8 years after it opened.

We joined said monstrous queue and waited for about an hour to take the 30-minute "flight". As we rose, we had good views off to the East - The City/Square Mile (financial district) and St Paul's Cathedral, just visible over Andy's right shoulder.


As we rose to our maximum altitude of 135m, we looked North to central London and Soho, dominated by the BT Tower. In the foreground is the Hungerford Bridge leading into Charing Cross station. The Thames is doing its best "I'm muddy like the Yarra" impression.


Finally, we began our descent, with very hazy views out over the Houses of Parliament and in the distance (you might have to squint), the iconic Battersea Power Station, looking like an upside-down table:


After we "landed", we were all in need of some refreshment. So we finished our day out with a (horrendously expensive) jug of Pimms in St James's Park. Note the obligatory and very well-coordinated raised pinkies.