Britain gallery: Eye pod

Standing at the start of one of my favourite walks in London - along the South Bank to the

Mayflower pub in Bermondsey by way of The George off Borough High St, - the London

'Eye' is both a landmark and a popular tourist attraction. If you look carefully, you can see

the hot-air rising from the Houses of Parliament opposite, and the traffic jams around

Waterloo below. But the glass of the pods is not very good for photographing London

through; better to stay below and photograph the pods themselves. Even better if you

happen to be on the spot at midnight on Dec 31st/Jan 1st for the New Year fireworks,

when the Eye is a major part of the display. But being on the spot these days means

both getting there ridiculously early and PAYING to be there as it's now a profitable

business for someone (presumably the mayor's office) to coin it on the one night of the

year when public entertainment should be free for all. I hope the good burghers of

Londinium rise up and put a stop to the blatant cheek of it, whoever's coining it.

Standing at the start of one of my favourite walks in London - along the South Bank to the

Mayflower pub in Bermondsey by way of The George off Borough High St, - the London 'Eye' is

both a landmark and a popular tourist attraction. If you look carefully, you can see the hot-air rising

from the Houses of Parliament opposite, and the traffic jams around Waterloo below. But the

glass of the pods is not very good for photographing London through; better to stay below and

photograph the pods themselves. Even better if you happen to be on the spot at midnight on Dec

31st/Jan 1st for the New Year fireworks, when the Eye is a major part of the display. But being on

the spot these days means both getting there ridiculously early and PAYING to be there as it's

now a profitable business for someone (presumably the mayor's office) to coin it on the one night

of the year when public entertainment should be free for all. I hope the good burghers of

Londinium rise up and put a stop to the blatant cheek of it, whoever's coining it.