A trip on the London Eye

26th October 2004. I treated my folks to a ride on the London Eye.

[Wheel]
View of the Eye, heading down from Waterloo station

[Eye]
View from standing in the queue

[Eye]
Another view from the queue

[Eye from below]
Looking up from nearer the front of the queue

[Capsule]
We've just boarded -- looking back at the people joining the next capsule

[Queue]
Looking down on people still queueing

[?]
Not sure what this building is

[BT Tower]
The BT Tower

[Mum and Dad]
Mum and Dad in the capsule with the Palace of Westminster clock tower (Big Ben) in the background

[Bridges]
The new Hungerford bridge and Waterloo bridge

[Hungerford bridge]
Hungerford bridge leading into Embankemnt Place/Charing Cross station

[Shadow]
The shadow of the Eye on the Thames

[Rooftops]
Looking North-East(ish), St Paul's Cathedral

[Westminster]
Westminster -- not a great picture because of the reflections on the glass of the capsule

[Thames]
Looking South -- Lambeth bridge, Vauxhall bridge (farther away), Millbank tower (on the bend on the North bank of the river), MI6 headquarters (on the left-hand end of the Vauxhall bridge)

[Structure]
Looking Northwards at the structure of the wheel, on our descent

[Statues]
After the ride we went for a walk along the South bank and saw these street performers

[Dad]
Dad, with Waterloo bridge and the 'Gherkin' building (Swiss Re Tower) behind

[St Paul's]
St Paul's Cathedral, taken from the Millennium bridge

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