Off to London

[Cycleops]

It costs more then a quid to go on the cable car.

Shows how long since I’ve visited. Cheapest discounted fare is £3.40 still a lot cheaper than the London Eye.

 

[ianrauk]

Shows how long since I’ve visited. Cheapest discounted fare is £3.40 still a lot cheaper than the London Eye.

It was never a quid.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 4975529, member: 259"]Crossness sewage pumping station.
Cabinet war rooms.[/QUOTE]
Crossness won't be opening in November. There are a couple of dates in October though - http://www.crossness.org.uk/visit.html

 

[Drago]

We did a historic pub crawl of London a few months back, nothing organised, just Googled as we went along. Great fun.

Historic, eh? Sounds fun. You dress up as Romans or Tudors or something?

 

[Jason]

Replicate the experience without the inconvenience of going there by flushing all your money down the khazi and getting someone to shout 'get out my fackin way you slaaag' at you all day.

Set fire to a bucket of diesel and breathe the smoke, and get someone to steal your wallet for that true Laarrrndon experience. Then go to any local shop and insist on paying three times more than the sticker price.

you country bumpkins must look so stupid that the Londoners think "why not take advantage of these yokels"

In reality London is a brilliant place to visit and experience. Worked in London for the last 28 years (all sorts of hours on call) and never once experienced anything unpleasant. People don't go round shouting at each other, but get on with their own business.
Pollution is a fact of any major city, so please climb down, off your high horses

 

[jefmcg]

@jefmcg and I did that with another friend last year. Good fun, just don't try to do it in order! Quite challenging on a boris bike I'd think

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/monopoly-board-ride.210673/post-4583680

 

[threebikesmcginty]

you country bumpkins must look so stupid that the Londoners think "why not take advantage of these yokels"

In reality London is a brilliant place to visit and experience. Worked in London for the last 28 years (all sorts of hours on call) and never once experienced anything unpleasant. People don't go round shouting at each other, but get on with their own business.
Pollution is a fact of any major city, so please climb down, off your high horses

Beggin' your pardon guv'nor but I've never been there so don't know any better.

 

[Aperitif]

It was never a quid.

Unless you were attending a famous rock band concert at the O2. then it was a Quid pro Quo

Go to Borough Market. Then pop into (free) Southwark Cathedral which is lovely, dawdle along the river, past The Globe, towards Tate Modern. Peep into people's living rooms from the Tate extension balcony, take in the view from the bar, descend and continue Westwards, cross over towards Charing Cross, pop into Gordons at Embankment, walk up Villiers Street, cross and walk upwards to The Harp (full of shouty Londoners most of the time) then hang a right for Covent Garden, a left for Nelson / The Mall / Soho etc That's a few hours taken care of...fed and watered.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yesterday

London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, tweeted: "The shocking & illegal state of London's toxic air means I've had to trigger a high air pollution alert today."

 

[Randomnerd]

you country bumpkins must look so stupid that the Londoners think "why not take advantage of these yokels"

In reality London is a brilliant place to visit and experience. Worked in London for the last 28 years (all sorts of hours on call) and never once experienced anything unpleasant. People don't go round shouting at each other, but get on with their own business.
Pollution is a fact of any major city, so please climb down, off your high horses

Horrible attitude. They're only having a laugh.

 

[PeteXXX]

If you fancy the monument, a combined ticket is available.

That's what my granddaughter and I had.
Also, kids get a certificate for climbing the 311 steps up, and 311 steps back down!

 

[lazybloke]

That's what my granddaughter and I had.
Also, kids get a certificate for climbing the 311 steps up, and 311 steps back down!

You can look up times of the Tower bridge lifts. The kids and I watched one lift from inside the walkways but had seen an earlier lift from the top of the monument.

EDIT - found some pics!

 

[Oxo]

For a dead cert experience try a guided tour of Highgate Cemetery.