Red buses and that

[lutonlagerlout]

went to london today with lil miss lout to replace a fruitbowl I bought in camden 15 years ago
anyway as 7 yr olds do she hijacked the trip and exclaimed she had never seen "big ben" lots of tube closures and some sky ride thing going on so it took us 4 tubes and an hour to get to westminster from st.pancras
of course once at big ben she spotted"the london eye" and guess what she has never been on that either
30 minutes and £27.50 later we were gazing helplessly from the giant ferris wheel,shouts in 5 different languages of "look at that!" reverberated around our *pod*
have to say it was worth a trip and i fancy doing it at night some time
the 4d experience (which is part of your ticket) was also very very good
from the minute i entered the ticket office to getting on the eye was only about 10 minutes and everything was professional
off we trotted then across hungerford bridge and picked up the northern line to camden, which was shop after shop selling leather jackets metre high boots and scabby looking oiks offering to tattoo and pierce any part of you for amounts of money which suggested hygiene must be very cheap?
anyway it beat sitting in the pub watching football all afternoon (there was none on===> see how sneaky i am?)

highly recommend the eye
cheers LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

went on first proper date with my lads mum on the london eye, its a good experience.

[msh paving]

I had a day out in london 1 year ago yesterday, we did the london eye, westminster,buckinham palace ,the mall,london bridge experiance,south bank with the street entertainers,crossed the river over 3 bridges on foot walked about 5 -6 miles i guess was a great day but was dead at the end off it,left kings lynn at 7am back hear at 9pm

Roll on 16th sep 2010..............orlando disney for 2 weeks MSH

[ilovesettsonmondays]

i was at camden market last sunday .great placelove the street entertainers by the eye,especially the old paddy on the mouth organ and the elvis statue.you could have had a capsule just for you and the mrs, tony only 450 pound .im working right outside the apple shop at moment .the queue for the i phone 4 is unbelievable everyday.saID to the guy from apple the other day "why is it like this everyday".he says only place you can buy an unlocked one is from here or the covent garden one ,people are coming from all over world buying them and flogging them abroad .reckons they are going for over 1200 gbp in russia.even ebay they are going for 600 plus.

[lutonlagerlout]

well i had to pay £100 for my iphone upgrade but can get £500 all day long on ebay
thing is the missus is after this one and if she doesnt get it there could be war
know what you mean about walking mark
me and the daughter are shattered
those street entertainers had another £8.50 in the bottomless pit that is my wallet on tour in london
I liked the massive bubble man myself
also there was a geezer with a car battery and some kind of synthesizer making trance techno,i give him a dollar as well even though he wasnt collecting
LLL

[Bob_A]

People come from all over the world to visit London.
I work in central London all the time but never take the time to experience it.
I really must make the effort!

[ilovesettsonmondays]

what do you do bob

[Bob_A]

I'm a telecom engineer, been doing it since I left school 36 years ago!!!
When I first started it was all electro-mechanical and very much hands on but now it's all electronic and I don't get to use tools much.
i think that's why I like diy, try to be creative with my hands.

Used to visit the Tower of London fairly regularly to maintain their phone system.
Used to be in and out as quick as possible but never bothered to stay long enough to see the crown jewels!

[ilovesettsonmondays]

theres not many people who can say that bob .36 years fair play.can i have your pension when it matures please

[lutonlagerlout]

i guess you must work for BT then bob?
we did a job recently for a guy in a similar position to yourself 30 years for the firm etc etc
must be a good crowd to work for
LLL

[Bob_A]

We have our little niggles, got 1 or 2 knobheads but on the whole my work mates are a really great bunch.
Management?...........well this is an open forum so I prefer not to say :O

[ilovesettsonmondays]

funny enough ,just been on two red buses due to the tube strike .took two hours from oxford street to fenchurch street