The London Eye is a 450-foot high ferris wheel providing panoramic views over London - according to the guide book you can see up to 25 miles away. One revolution takes 30 minutes.
Afterwards we went to a pub called the Hole In The Wall, across the road from Waterloo Station, where had a few drinks and Geoff cut his birthday cake. Later Geoff and a few others went on to the 100 Club, Oxford St for some live jazz, and I have still to find out how that went.
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Click on any of the thumbnail images below to see the full size photos. However, being night meant long exposure times for the views, and despite holding the camera as still as I could, some pictures still suffer from movement.