I am a student in Salisbury College studying GCSE English. I write short fictional stories, and woul...
I am a student in Salisbury College studying GCSE English. I write short fictional stories, and would hopefully like to write for film and TV. I also write reviews in www.virtualtourist.com as Louise Topp and www.Dooyou.co.uk as topp99
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I chose to see The London Eye in the nightfall. I caught the 9.00 train from Salisbury’s Platform 4. Went through Andover, Crewkern, Basingstoke Wimbledon, Vauxhall & Clapham Junction. We stopped at Waterloo (named after the famous battle) where Euro-Star is, & walked along South Bank to the Millennium Bridge, there was a chilly breeze coming off the river.
Saw “Damage” the group filming for their latest video. For all you old fogies out there saying ‘who’s that?’ Their a boy band! They were on skateboards & a group of girls had to run screaming towards them. It was quite loud, as we were standing beneath a rail line, trains going over every 10mins. Went up Fleet St where all the media like The Mirror used to be. There is a big building with pillars made of sandstone, I’m not sure if this is where the printing offices used to be. We came to Covent Garden which I was quite astonished at; I thought Covent Garden was a park like Regents or Victoria. The London Transport Museum is in Covent Garden, we watched an entertainer juggle knives over a boy who was lying down on the floor. He also did trickery with a unicycle & fire; there were quite a number of people watching him. There is a merry-go-round at Covent Garden & lots of little shops, & a café; There’s also a enclosed roof so it’s good for when it rains. We stopped off at Starbucks café on the way to the Eye; you can have a free mint with your drink or a mince pie & drink for £1.25.
There’s always a queue to get on the Eye, they test your bags before you get on lest you try & blow it up. Once on the light’s dim so you can see the whole of London under nightfall, there is a wood slatted seat in the centre to sit on if you get tired. The cars move really slowly & stop to let wheelchairs on & off. Saw The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Post Office Tower all lit up, you can also see where the river bends round the corners. When we got off we walked through an avenue of trees lit up with blue lights, The Eye is a truly must to see; lets hope the government don’t decide to pull it down.
£12.50 adults £6.50 child
0870 5000 600 (8.30am-8.00pm) to book
http://www.ba-londoneye.com/default.asp for more information
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Advantages: views over London though Im sure there are better Disadvantages: Long queues, costs too much, poor visibility through the glass when its sunny
fionad86 26.06.2009 ·
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