trip to London need advice

buzzlightweight · 11 Jan 2013 at 19:34

Its my 30th @ the end of Feb and I'm planning a trip to London on Saturday the 23rd.
I have already booked tickets for the Shard and I'm planning on going to Covent Garden but I was just wondering what other places should I consider?

My dad and I are getting the 6am train and our ticket for the Shard is booked for 5:30pm (sunset

) so we have plenty of time to mooch around.
We are not afraid of walking (both keen ramblers) or getting a taxi or two.

Oh FYI there are a lot of rules for the Shard, no tripods or mono pods, no bags over 20" x 15" x 8", you will need id, no criminal records.
We have found secure luggage storage at Paddington station so we will off load our gear and only take our cameras and a couple of lenses.

So back to the topic in hand, I would really appreciate any ideas.

Many thanks Buzz

buzzlightweight · 11 Jan 2013 at 20:34

King Damager said:
A bean bag as a stabiliser instead if tripod?

Outside the shard, well around that area there's London & tower bridge, the scoop, hays, the tower opposite, More London, HMS Belfast, and uhm, southark market is around the corner as well which is good for street stuff

kd

i like the idea of the market and HMS Belfast, planning a walk across tower bridge to parliament/BB

TY kd

buzzlightweight · 11 Jan 2013 at 21:07

thewanted said:
Borough Market is near the Shard, and is really nice if you like upmarket food and drink.

sweet so borough market is now on the list

King Damager said:
That's literally all a stones throw from the shard

St. Paul's, Tate modern is probably within a half hours walk, maybe slightly longer..

I meant borough market rather than southwark xD but basically the same thing to be fair

kd

st pauls sounds good

PhotoPixels said:
Saw the prices to go up top in `the shard`

£25 pp is very worth it, they only allow you 30mins up there but also only 8 people at any one time so its not crowded at all

buzzlightweight · 12 Jan 2013 at 11:43

gary996 said:
Just hope you have good vis on the day. Wouldn't want to pay 25 notes and be up in the clouds.

deffo

buzzlightweight · 14 Jan 2013 at 16:44

Ty, I like the idea of Camden, as for the shard I think £25 is steep but when your not paying it makes it quite appealing