While in London we visited Tower Bridge (built to ease the pressure on London Bridge – hence the title for this entry).
I wasn’t as convinced about doing it as the rest of my family for two reasons. Firstly, it seemed to be a bit tourist-y, but then again, we were tourists! More pertinently, my limited head for heights has become almost non-existent in my middle age, so the prospect of climbing 43 metres above the Thames wasn’t altogether appealing. But the lure of the view carried the argument, and we went for it.
There is a reasonably good exhibition about how the bridge was constructed, as well as a chance to walk around some of the original engine rooms that were used to raise the bridge. But the best bit is the high bit – crossing the walkways between the two towers. Again, there’s interesting information provided, but the views are stunning, especially on a nice summer’s day.
As an aside, they say that you can judge the prosperity of a city by the number of cranes in the skyline. Recession, what recession?
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We took the kids there last year, (oldest one had done a school project on bridges) - and The Tower of London (adjacent, other option) was WAY too expensive. We had a great afternoon there, the kids loved the views and the old engine rooms.
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