Tower Bridge & Monument
// April 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Trip information
Tower Bridge
On Wednesday (8/4/09) Teneale had to go to work to support the children, so Mel and I decided to do what any tourist would do on a lovely sunny day in London, go outside!
We caught the tube one stop down from us to London Bridge. From there we found a nice little courtyard that overlooked the bridge and we took a few photos. We then trekked up the road onto the bridge to begin out tour.
Tower Bridge
Mel and I had a lovely walk inside and around the tower bridge, and also down to the old boiler room where the power was generated to lift the bridge. After about a thousand photos were taken of the bridge we moved on for a bite to eat. We chose one of the fanciest places in London for a feed, Boots. A sandwich, packet of chips and a drink and we were back on the road.
The Monument
When we purchased our tickets to the Tower Bridge we paid an extra £1 and we got included a trip to the Monument. We walked to the Monument from the bridge and lined up. Well 311 steps later we were on top of the Monument. It was a fantastic view and very squishy. They manage to squeeze a lot of people up there. We took some more photos walked back down the 311 steps and went back to the tube station to head home.
