The world & his wife flocked to the South Bank for a vantage, so naturally, that's where we headed. By the time we arrived, the crowd was probably 10 people deep where we stopped in front of the Tate Modern.
That made seeing the river itself a bit difficult, but from that location we had a great view of the Millenium Bridge & St. Paul's.
Blackfriar's Bridge was to the left in the distance.
Behind us, a lucky few were perched on museum balconies. I wonder what they had to do for a ticket to that party.
Once the boats started passing, photography became pretty difficult, as everyone in front of us tried to raise his camera for a better angle. The parade was next to impossible to see, but I did manage to join the throng for a few elevated shots.
I could only achieve that by stretching my hand up as high as I could & hoping the boats were in the frame when I pressed the button. After about 20 tries, I started to feel confident in my tip-toe photography & attemped a video. This is the smaller boats, which led the 7-mile long flotilla.
Quite an experience, really. Happy 60th anniversary, E II R!
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