Lambeth and the South Bank

This walk was very pretty and had a lot of spectacular views. As the group leader I led Paige, Emily and Jaynann from Waterloo tube station toward the south bank of the Thames. Before we did get to the river we were able to see the Museum of Garden History at The St Mary-at-Lambeth Churchyard. When we were there I saw the gardener pulling weeds in some of the flower beds. Right not there weren't many flowers, but the book shows a gorgeous picture of the garden in spring/summer time. It would've been neat to see the garden then. After passing through that garden we crossed the street and found ourselves at the south bank of the Thames. The view was wonderful. We saw the side view of Parliament and Big Ben. Since the sky was so blue today the view was great! We took a lot of pictures and continued along the bank.

 Unfortunately about 1/2 way down the river 2 police officers stopped us saying that the way we were going was closed because there was a 'suspect' lose. Emily thought he said someone had been shot down, and freaked out a bit and then some guy asked us if someone really got shot. It was kinda funny. So we went and asked the police what the best way was to get to where we needed to go to the walk. They told us to go the way we had come. But, we didn't want to back track so we started heading another way. By the time we got to where the 'incident' had happened (by the London eye and Westminster bridge) the police were taking down the tape and packing up. So, we were able to get back onto the south bank walk and continue our way toward the eye and the temple hill tube station. That was a fun adventure. Here's the proof of the police officers:

here's the police. They were just getting ready to leave. I don't know if they ever caught the suspect...

We passed under the London eye and read in the book that it had been made for the millennial celebration and was supposed to be only temporary. But it was so popular that they decided to keep it there permanently. Pretty cool. We also passed by the National Theatre and a part underneath it had been turned into this massive graffiti zone with a lot of cool graffiti 'art'. Emily took a pretty gangster picture here.

After that we crossed the Waterloo bridge and went into the Sommerset house and read about the history for that. It was super pretty to walk through the courtyard where there is a temporary ice skating rink put up. We made it to the temple tube stop and came home after that.

One thing that would be nice for those thinking about taking this walk is to go on a clear day, since the views one sees are gorgeous.