London Visit - The London Eye, March 2002 - page 1
Our first leisure trip of 2002 was to take a ride (or
should that be flight) on The London Eye in Jubilee Gardens.
Despite it being rather early in the year in March, there were oodles
of other tourists about, in fact this area of London around Jubilee
Gardens and along the Thames is very popular with tourists.
This is page one of two.
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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, oo-er! We hadn't...
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...pre-booked London Eye tickets so queued for about thirty minutes for
tickets, then another thirty minutes to ride (or fly). Here's a
worm's eye view to the top of the London Eye showing the bicycle wheel
type of structure, an awesome sight.
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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 London sites from above.
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Up Up and Away! We could 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.
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Now inside the London Eye capsule; our friend Bob is standing on the
left with Belinda sitting on the bench, finding her 'flight
legs'. Each capsule could hold about twenty people, the flight
cost £9.50 at the time of our visit and lasted around half an hour.
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Here's a great 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 across the London skyline, identifying many of the
Capital's landmarks below us.
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Now at the very top of the London Eye and we suddenly noticed the
capsule alongside was empty, which was a bit worrying - we were sure
there were people in it earlier! Perhaps they'd used the
emergency ladder on the bottom left? Huh?... argghh!
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Two peas in a pod! Belinda and Mike here with the Houses of
Parliament behind. No, we weren't really gripping that hand rail
tightly, just steadying ourselves for the photo.. honestly..
really! See our tourist
resources page for the London Eye website.
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A last shot of the London Eye then, showing the capsules (or pods) on
our way down. Our fantastic flight was almost over now, and an
exhilarating experience and definitely worth the money (and
queuing). We also shot some video.
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After our wonderful flight on the London Eye we took the tube, enjoyed
lunch in a lovely London pub, then walked across Tower Bridge to HMS Belfast, so click to join us on the
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