The Eye Sees All

We'd wanted to do the London Eye for a while, so for my birthday Robyn treated me to a 'flight'. She'd booked us in for a 7.30pm slot, and we were advised to start queuing half-an-hour before that. It didn't take nearly that long, though, and we were in a pod shortly after the hour. It was not at all crowded - I think there were about 12 others with us, and the pods are very spacious and comfortable.

Going up it was still light, and we were able to see the sun go down and all the lights of London coming on during the half hour we were aboard. Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are lovely to see illuminated, as are some of the other buildings along the waterfront. We both spent lots of the time with our cameras going hard, trying to get some non-wobbly photographs.

Back on the ground we strolled for a while along Southbank, people watching and sitting to eat nachos and wedges by the river. It was a very pleasant evening.