UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions

As we emerged from the tube, we were greeted with this view of the London Eye and wondered what we were letting ourselves in for, it looked really high, yikes!  A short walk over Westminster Bridge and we were there, ooh err!

We hadn't pre-booked tickets so had to queue for about thirty minutes for tickets, then another thirty minutes to ride.  This shows the worm's eye view to the top of the London Eye showing the bicycle wheel type of structure, an awesome sight.
 

Almost there now!  The Eye was continually moving while loading people and the capsules were much larger than we expected this close up, with lots of glass to aid viewing the sites of London.

Up Up and Away!  We can see the queue below, stretching the length of County Hall and Jubilee Gardens.  We were about a quarter of the way round on the Eye here and it all moved very smoothly.
 

A look inside the London Eye capsule, our friend Bob is standing on the left with Belinda finding her 'flight legs' sitting on the bench.  Each capsule could hold about twenty people, the flight costs £9.50 and lasts about half an hour.

Here's a good view of Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben below.  As we were blessed with a good, clear day we could see for miles into the distance, identifying many of the London landmarks below us.
 

At the very top of the Eye here and we suddenly noticed the capsule next to ours was empty which was a bit worrying, sure there were people in it earlier!  Perhaps they'd used the emergency ladder on the bottom left?  Er, argghhh!

Two peas in a pod!  Belinda and Mike with the Houses of Parliament behind.  We're not really gripping that hand rail tightly, just steadying ourselves for the photo, honestly, really!  The link to the London Eye website is on our tourist links page.
 

Here's a shot looking up at the London Eye capsules on the way down.  Our ride was almost over now, it was a great experience and we felt it was definitely worth the money.  We also shot some video, please see our video clips page.

After our ride on the London Eye we took the tube, had lunch in a lovely pub, then walked across Tower Bridge to HMS Belfast, on the next page.