A View, For You - From Lloyd's

In the absence of anything to write about (The Boyf's ill at home at the moment - you don't need to know the gory details - meaning we're staying in a watching TV alot), I thought I'd give you something to look at.

This is the view from the 11th (and top) floor of the Lloyd's Building, and looks east across London towards the tower blocks of Canary Wharf (One Canada Square being the tallest building in the distance). In the right-hand foreground you can just see the edge of new Willis building, still under construction. It's going to be quite a bit taller than the Lloyd's building at 29 floors, although still not the tallest in the Square Mile (the financial district within the City of London), that accolade going to Tower 42 (guess how many floors?). There are various planning regulations within the City, one of which is to protect the view of St Paul's Cathedral from various points across London, and these conspire to restrict the height of the buildings in this area. Hence, the tallest buildings are out at Canary Wharf in the old docklands in the east end of London. More about that area another day.