The sun shone on the Shard and on us. Staff said they thought we had the best day for our viewing. It was wonderful.
The River
Southwark Cathedral
Tower Bridge
Wembley and the Telecom Tower
The Olympic and Paralympic Stadium
Upper Viewing Platform
Panorama with Eye, and Palace of Westminster
Monument
Jubilee Bridges and Charing Cross
Gherkin, Prawn and Lloyd’s
Canary Wharf
Whew!! Look at those views… and doesn’t Nelson’s Column look completely hemmed in?!! Ahhh the Gherkin is still my favourite new building in London.
Going to book to go see in March and take no1 son and his girl. It’s a must-do, My fear of heights won’t kick in if I’m imprisoned behind glass…
No, I think you’ll be fine. Take your time, and you’ll soon find you are so enjoying sight spotting, the height isn’t a problem. The lifts make your ears pop though!
I didn’t think I had got a picture of Nelson’s Column. Can you help me?
Ooops, maybe I’m wrong. I was thinking it was the column in the pic marked Monument… :-/
Yep, that would make sense. I should see if I can get a copy of the painting that hangs at the Guildhall Art Gallery showing the Monument befor it was hemmed in.
Beautiful Isobel, wonderful views and thanks for sharing.
Glad you like them Sabina. How are things?
Perfect viewing is right! Thanks for that…….haven’t seen those sights on our trips there………maybe next time.
Pam
Being early was good. More people arrived and it got crowded and harder to see as the morning went on. I asked about evenings, and it’ll be open until ten, so a summer evening would be fab.
Great pics. Want to be back in London again.
World’s greatest city!
Wow, very impressive! Thanks for sharing what you see – you have a good eye.
And a Lumix G1 with a choice of lenses! Thanks Pat.
I’m so glad you got a good day for your ascent, these are great and make me want to go up!
I had a message this evening from one of the friends I went with saying she has been thinking and talking about it all day.
hello. just did my review of the shard so was very interested to see yours!
Were you there yesterday too?
It does look wonderful!
It is, Pix, it is!
the view is amazing Isobel…wow
Great pics! You got a good day! I think for those who end up going up there when it rains.. bit unlucky! I’m more of a video guy so I didn’t get many pics but I made a video!
Great video. It looks very crowded when you were there. What time was it? What camera were you using?
Hi Isobel, it was 10am and it was pretty crowded. I do hope they crowd control otherwise it’s going to be a horrible experience. I use a Panasonic G1 Lumix camera.. it’s only recently that I discovered how great videos it captures so now it’s become my video camera – I don’t take pictures anymore!
Gosh. We were there at ten on Sunday and it was nowhere near as crowded!
Surely the G2? I have the G1 and there is no video option. Great cameras aren’t they?
Yes sorry G2… I’m quite a novice with cameras!
Ah ok you may spot yourself in the footage then. Actually I got 10 gigs of footage but a lot of it was useless!
Did you stay a long time? We left after about an hour when it got busier. I didn’t see any of us on your film, but I may take a closer look. Was it Sunday when you were there too?