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Great shots of your walk around London! Sitting in the middle of a busy road taking pictures. The question wouldn't be "what were they thinking?" but rather "were they thinking at all!" I can't say the skeletal horse with the ticker tank excites me, however, now the Shauns are more my type of statue.
Oh gosh, I love the Admiral Shaun!! And it's fun seeing the pictures from Trafalgar Square over to the London Eye, as we did that walk several times when we were in London. I love being able to say "Oh, I know where that is!"
Great shots of your walk around London! Sitting in the middle of a busy road taking pictures. The question wouldn't be "what were they thinking?" but rather "were they thinking at all!"
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I can't say the skeletal horse with the ticker tank excites me, however, now the Shauns are more my type of statue.
Oh gosh, I love the Admiral Shaun!! And it's fun seeing the pictures from Trafalgar Square over to the London Eye, as we did that walk several times when we were in London. I love being able to say "Oh, I know where that is!"
That is one of my favourite walks, dating back to the mid 1990s, when I was studying in south London. I'd head into central London regularly to meet a friend who worked at Oxford Circus and I'd often get off at Westminster and walk up to Trafalgar Square and then catch a bus the rest of the way.
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Saturday 23 May – part five: that’s a sight you don’t usually see on the River Thames!
We made our way down towards the London Eye, and I have to say it was packed along here, busier than we’d seen anywhere else in London, so I guess that’s where the crowds were.
We found our final Shaun of our trail, another very patriotic one!
We carried on along the riverbank, and saw a sight you don’t usually see on the River Thames – a house being towed along! It looked like they were being filmed for something, so we’ll have to keep an eye out for that on TV…
As we got a bit further along, we realised we’d made a faux pas walking along the riverfront, as Waterloo station, which is what we were heading for is set quite a way back, so we made our way over there, dragging now, as we’d been walking for about an hour and a half. When I looked it up on Google Maps when we got back, it was about three miles…
We were so glad when a Tube arrived, and we were able to grab seats, even if it was only for a couple of stops. We just both needed to sit down so badly.
When we got to London Bridge, we made our way over to the Shard, but on the way there, I found a Krispy Kremes – closed, what is it with donut places tonight?
We walked into the Shard, and this was the first thing we saw – and we didn’t even have to go looking for it! This one is Rainbow Shaun…
We headed through security, and made our way up through the two different elevators. I remembered that they had messed with my head last time, so whenever they stopped, I just closed my eyes, and that seemed to do the trick.
When we got up there, it was a very chilled atmosphere, although sadly the sunset really wasn’t playing ball tonight. We were hoping that we’d be treated to a beautiful sunset, but I think the rain earlier put paid to that.
We went to go and get our free champagne, as when we’d booked the tickets, we’d booked the package that included a glass of champagne each, so of course it wasn’t free. We could have white or rose, so we asked which was sweeter. We were told the rose, so we both went for that.
We were both pretty exhausted, so we sat ourselves on the floor to enjoy our champagne, and some strawberry coated popcorn, which I’d noticed they were selling. Now I appreciate to some of you that may sound disgusting, but we fell in love with something similar when we were in Tokyo Disney, so I couldn’t resist trying this, and it was actually pretty good.
We must’ve sat there for maybe 10 or 15 minutes, just chilling and taking in the view. It was so lovely up there to see the light gradually fading.
Eventually, we got up to get some photos…
It was really cool to see parts of London gradually light up in front of our eyes. Every so often, you’d hear someone “ooh” or “ah” and you’d look, and sure enough another famous monument or building then had its lights on. It was as if the city beneath us was coming to life as darkness fell.
The London Eye
The Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Hayward Gallery
The OXO Tower
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Blackfriars station
The BT tower (to the right of shot) and to the left, the arch is Wembley stadium, where our hotel was
The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
We headed up to the higher viewing level, as it was getting a bit hot downstairs, and upstairs, it’s more open to the elements. It was just what we needed. Once again, I got some photos…
Next: watching London transform into darkness beneath us
Great shots from the Shard, and perfect timing with the lights coming on. You can really see how massive St Paul's is from there-- it covers a lot of ground!
Great shots from the Shard, and perfect timing with the lights coming on. You can really see how massive St Paul's is from there-- it covers a lot of ground!
It does. Our headquarters are just opposite it and every time I go up there, I'm always the one gawping out of the windows admiring St. Paul's. Of course, those who work there every day are oblivious, as they get used to seeing it.
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The question wouldn't be "what were they thinking?" but rather "were they thinking at all!" I can't say the skeletal horse with the ticker tank excites me, however, now the Shauns are more my type of statue. 
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When I looked it up on Google Maps when we got back, it was about three miles… 
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