Tony Martindale Photography

People enjoy a relaxing drink outside the pub across the road from the British Museum

Big Ben dominates the skyline of the Houses of Parliament with Westminster Abbey in the background

Big Ben as seen from across Westminster bridge

Passengers board the capsule at the start of the flight

Looking toward the main entrance/exit with the reading room at the left side

Looking up to the domed ceiling of the British Museum Reading room

Looking down from the pod to the front of London County Hall

Cutty Sark is exhibited at Greenwich

Fastest and greatest of the old Tea Clippers

The London Eye as seen from a Riverside Walk exhibit of Dali works

Docklands light railway pulls into the station

Two passengers enjoy a view of London's skyline looking south from the London Eye

Entrance to the British Museum

A glimpse of the mechanism that drives the London Eye

Hungerford foot and rail bridge over the Thames looking toward Waterloo

Hungerford foot and rail bridge over the Thames looking toward Charing Cross station

Hungerford foot and rail bridge over the Thames looking toward Waterloo from the London Eye

Originally opened in 1864 Hungerford Bridge is the only London crossing to combine rail and foot traffic. The current footbridges were added in the year 2000

The Pod's interior is quite roomy and comfortably air conditioned

A view inside the reading room at the British Museum

Lamp post with the Westminster crest

There are a lot of people doing this type of thing on the Riverside Walk

The London Eye as seen from Riverside Walk

The London Eye as seen from Riverside Walk looking down an avenue of trees

The London Eye as seen from Riverside Walk

The Houses of Parliament are seen beyond the capsule that is waiting to be boarded

The capsule now full has moved past the boarding area and starts it's flight

London Eye and County hall as viewed from Westminster Bridge

View of London from the London Eye

A view of London's skyline looking north from the London Eye

County hall as seen on the descent

An Underground train speeds into the station

People enjoy refreshments on Museum Street

National Maritime Museum entrance at Greenwich. This is the location of the Prime Meridian, where all time zones begin

The pod reaches the highest point of the ride

The pod reaches the highest point of the ride

One of the upper galleries dedicated to oriental antiques at the British Museum

Palace of Westminster as seen from Riverside Walk

Palace of Westminster as seen from Riverside Walk alongside London County Hall

The Pod's interior is quite roomy and comfortably air conditioned. There are great opportunities to be photographed against the London backdrop

The Globe Theater on London's Bankside is seen from The Millennium Bridge.

London's Millennium Bridge is seen reflected in the glass window of the Tate Modern Gallery.

View from Victoria Embankment at the Hungerford rail and footbridge, looking towards St Pauls Cathederal past Waterloo bridge

The famous Big Ben which rang for the first time in 1859. The great bell which rings the hour was cast in the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and at 9 feet across and weighing over 10 tons is the largest they ever produced by that foundry.

London's Millennium Bridge is the first pedestrian river crossing over the Thames in central London for more than a century. The bridge alignment is such that a clear view of St Paul's south facade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports, thus providing one of London's most photogenic views of the cathedral. It is a 325m steel bridge linking the City of London at St. Paul's Cathedral with the Tate Modern Gallery at Bankside

London's Millennium Bridge is the first pedestrian river crossing over the Thames in central London for more than a century. It was nicknamed The Wobbly Bridge when it first opened, due to its swaying motion, that was subsequently rectified

The houses of Parliament from Parliament square

A pair of kids wait excitedly for thier turn to ride the London Eye

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, closed on Sunday

Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament square