title A Trip on the London Eye and Bill's BBQ, London and Suffolk - 21st July 2006 intro Nosher and Isobel take a trip "Dahn Lahndahn" to try out the BA London Eye for the first time. We stay with a friend of Isobel's in a flat in a funky part of North London just up the road from Islington, near to Upper Street (which seems to be made up entirely of restaurants). It's a couple of days during what must be the hottest weekend of the year - well into the 30°s - and the city is sweltering, sultry and sticky, and remained that way all night too, whilst the underground is, well, something else. The pavement cafés and bars are packed, particularly as anything without air-conditioning is simply too hot to bear being stuck in, which influences our choice of Saturday restaurant somewhat. During Saturday we meet up with Nosher's Sis near Borough Market, and have a few beers, followed by Tapas at Tapas Brindisa before we head back to the aforementioned Upper Street. To round off, we end up chasing after a Number 43 bus, before heading back by train the day after. On Sunday, Nosher heads round to Bill's for a swift barbeque. imgp4876 Underneath the Eye imgp4878 A view of the mingling crowds imgp4883 A packed pod imgp4884 The sun sets over London imgp4887 The NatWest Tower, or Tower 42 imgp4888 A wider view of the river Thames imgp4889 Isobel peers out from inside the capsule imgp4890 A pod goes over the top imgp4894 Touchtype's old offices near Waterloo Station imgp4896 The church next to the former Touchtype office imgp4899 The adjacent capsule goes "over the top" imgp4906 The Thames and Westminster Bridge imgp4919 Nosher and Isobel imgp4920 The Houses of Parliament imgp4923 The old County Hall imgp4928 On the South Bank, Isobel says hello to a statue imgp4934 Looking out over the Thames imgp4935 Choosing food in Wagamama's by the Festival Hall imgp4941 We meet up with Sis at the Anchor pub on Bankside imgp4943 Nosher imgp4946 Isobel imgp4949 Isobel in Brindisa Tapas imgp4952 Sis and Isobel imgp4956 Nosher and Sis imgp4963 Brindisa Tapas imgp4964 Outside Borough Market imgp4965 Pub Life: Borough Road, London Bridge imgp4966 Sis and Isobel on Southwark Street imgp4970 Isobel looks out of Caiomhe's flat imgp4972 Back in Suffolk. Bill scoops up dead flies imgp4974 A bowl of salad imgp4975 Clare, Mikey-P, Andy and Carmen imgp4976 The twins: Mikey-P and Andy go head-to-head imgp4978 Mikey-P sets fire to the barbeque imgp4979 Mikey-P: tart