R. Doug Wicker — Author

In February of 2005 Ursula and I visited our daughter, son-in-law, and bouncing new granddaughter in England.  But before we headed north out of London Ursula and I decided to do the tourist thing.  This was with my first digital camera, a now positively ancient Sony F707 which was pretty state-of-the-art for the time.

One of the stops was across the river from James Bond’s office at the SIS (a.k.a., MI6) Building.  A passerby jokingly (I hope) stopped and told me that I shouldn’t be taking a picture of this edifice:

SIS Headquarters — M was not receiving visitors that day, and 007 was out of the country

We also strolled by the London Eye, of course.  No, I didn’t get on.  I don’t do heights:

London Eye

London Eye

And it goes without saying that no trip to London is complete without a photo of Big Ben (now officially Elizabeth Tour), the Palace of Westminster (a.k.a., the Parliament building), and Westminster Bridge:

Westminster Bridge, Westminster Palace, and Big Ben

Another picture-worthy span is Vauxhall Bridge:

Vauhall Bridge

As is Lambeth Bridge:

Lambeth Bridge

Of course I probably could have gotten even better photos if only I had sprung for a Thames River tour:

A Duck in the Water