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London Visit - The London Eye, March 2002 - page 1
Our first leisure trip of 2002 was to go for a ride on The London Eye
in Jubilee Gardens. Despite it still being only March 23rd, there
were lots of other tourists about.
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,
ooh err!
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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.
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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 sites of London.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Some of our other London visits: Natural
History Museum, Tower of London, West
End and Tower Bridge.
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