Chella Forever: St Pauls Cathedral and The Monument

STAIRS !!!

Today was a very busy day where we visited 3 major land marks of London. We started out with St Pauls Cathedral where Prince Charles and Princess Diana were married, moved onto The Monument and ended the day with a trip to the Tower of London.

I have broken it into 2 posts so keep a look out for the Tower of London pics in a separate post.

I began this post with STAIRS as I don't think that I have EVER climbed so many of the things in one day !! Even the giant staircase in the Blue Mountains can't compete !!!

So starting our day at St Pauls. Again so beautiful inside and has so much history attached to it. This was the church where Princess Diana was married and was very surreal to see the black and white chequered floor where she walked up the isle and now I have made that same journey.

Again like York Minster you could go on a tour over three levels to the top of the dome of the cathedral. Welcome stairs I'm ready to take you on !!

The river Thames.

Uncle Jim only made it to level 2. He was to tired to go just one more level so I conquered it on my own. It was very strange inside the dome. Windy small staircases with sea through steps !! Not a great look when you are a little scared of heights !! I'm not to bad but it plays with your head a little bit when you can see the bottom !!

The view of the city was worth the climb.

Yes I made it all the way to the top.

Next lot of stairs to conquer was The Monument. This was built to celebrate the rebuilding of the city after a massive fire destroyed most of London in the 1600's. It began construction in 1671 and was finished in 1677.

There is only 1 spiral staircase up the centre so you have to give way up and down.