5th June 2011: London

Today we walked around the Tower Bridge area before heading home

1 Britain at War Museum	2 Thames River looking towards London Bridge	3 Thames River towards Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast	4 London Bridge sign
5 Old Billingsgate Market‎ now an events centre	6 Old Billingsgate Market‎	7 The Momument The Monument to the Great Fire of London is a 202 ft (61.57 metre) tall stone Roman Doric column	8 The Momument It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666
9 The Momument Views down from The Momument	10 The Momument	11 The Momument Views over London including the St Paul Steeple	12 The Momument Views down from The Momument
13 The Momument Views over London including the Gerkin Building	14 The Momument	15 The Momument various tour boars on the Thames	16 The Momument Views over London towards the Tower Bridge
17 The Momument Views over London towards the Tower Bridge	18 The Momument Views over London towards the Tower Bridge	19 The Momument Views over London towards the Tower Bridge	20 The Momument looking up the Monument stair
21 The Momument peeking through a portal	22 The Momument from the outside	23 The Momument FYI, there are a lot of stairs in there ... !	24 The Momument this is where the pictures were taken from ... yes it's quite high up! ;)
25 The Momument towards Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast	26 The Momument towards London Bridge	27 Tower of London	28 Tower of London
29 Tower of London	30 Tower of London Lions made out of chicken wire	31 Tower of London Lions made out of chicken wire	32 Tower of London Entry way ... but we didn't enter, we went for an all day breakfast instead ... ;)
33 Tower of London	34 Tower of London the Towers infamous water-gate entrance 'Traitors' Gate'	35 Tower of London the Towers and 'Traitors' Gate'	36 Tower of London
37 Tower of London	38 Tower of London	39 Thames River views across the river	40 Tower Bridge
41 Tower Bridge	42 Tower Bridge	43 Tower Bridge	44 Tower Bridge
45 Tower Bridge	46 Tower Bridge	47 Tower Bridge under the bridge	48 Tower Bridge Dead Man's Hole. Used to retrieve many corpses thrown into the Thames from the Tower and surrounding area. Lovely!
49 Tower Bridge steps up to Dead Man's hole	50 Tower Bridge from underneath	51 Tower Bridge	52 Tower Bridge
53 Tower Bridge	54 Tower Bridge and Girl With a Dolphin fountain	55 River Thames more tour boats on the river	56 Girl With a Dolphin fountain at the rear of the Tower Thistle Hotel
57 The Tower Hotel Sundial commissioned by Strand Hotels in March 1973