Cable Car London

In our attempt to see all that London has to offer Stuart and I headed out for a little ride on the new cable car (officially called Emirates Airline). All I had really heard about this new mode of transport was that it was gimmicky and a huge waste of money. Not one to let reviews put me off (and it being so easy to get to from our flat) we figured, what the hell, it might be fun. 

Arriving at Stratford the excitement was all clearly too much for me as, just before we stepped onto a Jubilee line tube I managed to throw my oyster card right under the tube and onto the tracks. Once the train had pulled away we could see my card, and it was tantalisingly close, but still pretty near to a live track, so, being the responsible adults we are we went to get help. Unfortunately we were told they couldn't collect it until the track was turned off overnight, so I had to buy a new oyster card and hope for the best.

Finally after all that drama we could continue on to North Greenwich. Jumping off we were greeted by the Millennium Dome (or whatever it's really called now).

Despite living in East London for the past year I never realised how easy it was to get to the Dome, and only a short walk away was the skyline.

The annoying thing about the cable car is you cannot use your travelcard, so we had to buy separate tickets, and somehow ended up with tickets that also gave us access to a museum next to the cable car and a little map. I need to say straight off, I'm not a huge fan of cable cars. The whole dangling only attached to a steel rope kind of freaks me out but I couldn't let that put me off so we queued up and jumped in.

After a chat with Stuart about whether the pods would float if it all fell to pieces and we crashed into the Thames I think we made our fellow passengers a little uncomfortable so we couldn't discuss our possible survival plans any further.

Now although it was great to be able to see the Thames Barrier and the Olympic park I cannot recommend the skyline. It's not the prettiest part of London and I have to agree, the whole thing is a waste of money. But not to worry we still had the museum to check out. But first here's my unimpressed face

And the museum was even worse than the skyliine! One floor of aeroplane seating and an engine made out of lego. But Stuart did get to sit at the front of a fake plane so it wasn't all bad.

All in all it was a little disappointing, but it hasn't put me off that side of London. However next time I'm going to hop on a boat and check out the Thames Barrier close up! And in case you've been reading this whole thing wondering what happened to the oyster card I threw on the tracks, I was able to collect it from the station the following morning. Thank you Stratford station crew!