Results tagged “sightseeing”

Pussy cat, pussy cat where have you been? I've been to London to visit the Queen Pussy cat Pussy cat, where on earth did you find the £16.50 to get through the door? Leaving aside the fact that you have to pay to visit a house that you technically own, a visit to Buckingham Palace with a pram is actually quite fun. If we're to nitpick, you can't actually visit with a pram, since once you've cleared the airport-style security, your pram replaced with a complimentary baby carrier. Nevertheless, there are 3 good reasons for taking your littlies along to the summer opening of the state rooms at Buckingham Palace. more ›

Bit hard for the London Eye to expand, one would have thought - not like they can make it taller. So what are they gonna do for kicks once the novelty's worn off? Make the thing go faster? Well, you know, owners Merlin Entertainments (who scarily seem to own a large chunk of Britain's fun) have come up with a pretty good idea: they've installed the world's 'greatest' (their tag, not ours) 4D cinema at the base of the attraction to create what is possibly the world's greatest (our superlative this time) queueing experience. more ›

On Sunday 1st February, despite portents of snow, 15 game walkers gathered at Camden Tube station at a lie in defying 9am just for the fun of following in bygone footsteps and completing the Patterson Challenge. With equipment ranging from solid walking boots and ski jackets to pumps and hoodies, we branded everyone with a Londonist badge and set off down Parkway with only a vague inkling of the insane, frustrating, surprising and exhaustingly fun trek ahead of us. more ›

Start breaking in your best walking shoes, grab yourself a pac a mac and polish your camera lens - The Walk takes place next weekend. more ›

150 years ago today, Victorian tourist, James Patterson returned to Manchester after a festivity packed sight-seeing sojourn in Camden with friends. more ›