London! | Tower of London! | Tower Bridge!

Let's hop on "The Tube" (underground rapid transit) and check out London!
Travel back almost 1,000 years with us as we explore the famous (or infamous!) Tower of London, the historic castle situated along the banks of the River Thames! Serving as both a palace and a prison, the Tower has played an important part in English history, and has been the epicenter of mystery and intrigue.
Afterwards, we will take a tour of the Tower Bridge, where we'll check out the high-level Bridge Walkways and brave the glass floor suspended over 100 feet above the road below!!!
#london
#toweroflondon
#towerbridge

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

we want london bridge back😂🤣😂🤣

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

LOL! Thanks for watching and commenting, @thedisabledwselshman9266!

[@stewrmo]

Thank you for these videos. I congratulate you folks enjoying London the correct way, I my opinion, with real passion for what you are actually looking at, feeling, tasting. Too many visitors just go to these landmarks to "take a pic for Instagram"...that's a real, standing Roman wall there!!! 😁 As we say in Scotland, haste ye back! (Come back soon in old Scots).

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Hi @stewrmo! Thank you for watching and commenting! It's so true! If visitors would just take the time to explore...REALLY explore... ...the people, the history, the culture, the architecture, the food, the natural beauty of the land, etc., then travel becomes a life-changing experience! Stay tuned for more adventures to come, friend!

[@iankelly5387]

Lovely video, what nice people you are all😀 Glad you enjoyed London

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

@lankelly5387 Thank you so much! We are so glad that you liked the video and we appreciate that you subscribed! Stay tuned for "more adventures to come"!

[@josy4578]

Lovely and interesting video, hope you had a wonderful time

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the video! Already looking forward to the next adventure!

[@alanzemsky7695]

Really enjoyed the video. Is the tower bridge an easy walk from tower London and do you have to climb a lot to get to top and was there a long wait when you arrived ?

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Hi, @alanzemsky7695! Thank you for watching our videos! We are so glad that you enjoyed it! It's a quick 5-minute walk from the Tower of London to Tower Bridge! Once you pay for your tickets at the Tower Bridge Ticket Office (on the West side of the North Tower), you can choose to climb over 200 steps to the top, or take an elevator to the walkway! It is a good idea to allow at least an hour for the tour! Enjoy! Stay tuned for more adventures to come!

[@josephcollins6033]

I like you and I like your video. Subscribed and liked. Going to London for 3 days in September. This makes me less "afraid"!!! Thanks, Joey

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Thank you @josephcollins6033 for the like and the subscribe! So glad that you enjoyed the video! You will love London! There is so much to see!

[@josephcollins6033]

@@AdventureswithBobandSteph 😀🙂🐕

[@martinshepherd626]

Personally I love the Tower of London. I live 130 miles away to the West in a major Port City of Bristol, I haven't been to the Tower now for about 15 years. The Imperial War Museum in Lambeth is a good day out. FYI its where Charlie Chaplin grew up before he went to the U.S with the Fred Karno Troupe' With a certain Stan Laurel

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

We love visiting your beautiful country. This is our second trip, with hopefully, more to come! There is so much to see and do!

[@bobbyboko6317]

I love the inscriptions scratched onto the walls , real lives from hundreds of years ago 😊

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Absolutely agree! Those inscriptions are an amazing snapshot into the past! Thank you for watching!

[@user-kj9nm3wg1t]

Great Vlog guys. Love you love history. Come back soon you will love York. Bath. Chester. And so on 😊😊

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Hi @user-kj9nm3wg1t! We can't wait to come back! Your amazing country has so much to offer to the true history addict! We are awestruck every time we visit! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@monza1002000]

Love your photos from the bridge walkway

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Thank you for watching! The view from the Walkway is truly stunning! And the weather was perfect that day, too!

[@paulallaker8450]

Looks like you guys had a blast! Glad you enjoyed my Capitol City. 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇺🇲

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Thank you, @paulallaker8450 for tuning in to our channel! Indeed, we did! It is the second time that we have visited London, and we still have not scratched the surface on all that there is to see and do in your lovely city! Can't wait to visit again!

[@frankparsons1629]

I was up inside the control room in Tower Bridge some forty years ago with our Industrial Archaeology Society and the Engineer asked if I'd like to lift the bridge (the roadway) but there was a lady in our group so I felt honour bound to offer that to her. She pressed the button and the arms majestically rose opening the bridge to water traffic. That was something else. I've never been so close to opening the worlds most famous bridge! I'm nearly 80 now, I bet I'm not lucky enough to get to do that now. Good video guys, thanks.

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Wow! Not many people can say that they had that offered to them! What an amazing privilege! I would have loved to witness that! That would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Thank you, @frankparsons1629 for tuning in to our channel! We are so glad that you enjoyed the video! Stay tuned for more adventures to come!!!

[@frankparsons1629]

As they say, so near yet so far, anyway the lady in our party was chuffed to bits! Pre electricity of course no button to press, it was exactly the same as a railway signal box, with a darned great lever to heave on, that operated the machinery down in the depths and you can still see the coal boilers to this day, they fired the steam engines. We also went down into the voids under the bastions and viewed the great weights that balance the cantilever arms towering above us, it made a cathedral seem small. However each arm is still raised and lowered by their massive cylinders of water and when that is released they are obliged to move, it is very majestic in its size and power. Here it is from the horses mouth! Each of our mighty bascules weight over 1,200 tons. A 400-ton counterweight help them to descend into the Bascules Chambers. The bascules were were built vertically to ensure river traffic could still pass. They were the final part of Tower Bridge's construction. Tower Bridge is of course a Bascule bridge. Thanks again for your post Bob & Steph - have fun with all your adventures. @@AdventureswithBobandSteph

[@jodu626]

technically building started in 1074 but close enough. great video. enjoyed very much

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Thank you, @jodu626, for watching our channel and for commenting! We appreciate you so much!

[@gmdhargreaves]

Amazing that you stepped foot with People of history that make Britain what it is today I’m so jealous! Great video! Love the edit too very pro

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

@gmdhargreaves Thank you so much for the wonderful comments! We are so glad that you enjoyed the video! Keep an eye out for our next video, as there are "more adventures to come"!

[@onecupof_tea]

You will recognise those cannons as you walk around london, as lots were used as bollards hundreds of years ago next to roads. Lots of flats had their iron railings removed to make planes and armaments during WW2. After the war, iron grid stretchers which carried soldier's, were put around flats as fences rather than throwing them away. Try and get a boat or bus to Greenwich, and see the Cutty Sark tall sailing ship and naval museum, where naval officers were trained. Also Richmond Park by train, you can cut through the back streets to the Thames. It makes a nice walk to Teddington Lock, where the tidal Thames meets the inland river Thames. Boats are lifted by water ten feet to the higher river via the Lock. Good Victorian engineering! Have a nice time.

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

@onecupof_tea These are great suggestions! It just proves that there is so much to see in London! It truly is a wonderful city!

[@joshuabruce9599]

Fun fact: the walkway on tower bridge used to have free public access, back when it first opened in the 1800s. They closed it later on because it was too hard to police and became a hotspot for pickpockets, muggers, and prostitutes.

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Thanks for the fun fact, @joshuabruce9599! I didn't know that, but it makes sense! The close quarters inside would make it difficult to prevent crime! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@onecupof_tea]

Try and go to a cafe one day, there's lots in London, where you can eat an English breakfast all day and the food is cheaper than restaurants. The customers are friendly too. Just Google London cafes.

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Great tip, @onecupof_tea! Thank you!

[@mattgoodman1699]

What Hotel did you stay in and how did you like it?

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

On our first trip to London, we stayed at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge. This second trip, we stayed at the Premier Inn London City (Tower Hill). Both are within walking distance to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Both were very comfortable. The breakfast at Premier Inn was excellent!

[@mattgoodman1699]

@@AdventureswithBobandSteph Thank you!

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

@mattgoodman1699 You're very welcome!

[@martinshepherd626]

You've just walked into 1000 years of English (not British) but English History

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Good point! Thank you for the comment! :)

[@adamwynyard4065]

It’s actually British history

[@richardbradley1598]

Rule No.1 when visiting the UK..Never ever buy fish and chips from anywhere but a chip shop, God only knows what horrors you were served. 😮

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

Good advice! Perhaps we didn't know any better, but to be honest, the food was always delish and the staff were always friendly at every pub or restaurant that we stopped at, whether it was London, Sterling, Dublin or Edinburgh. The only mishap was when one of our party tried haggis for the first time! LOL! But, I think it was more a case of food allergy than ingredients or preparation. Curious for the next visit to London...what is the best chip shop in town?

[@richardbradley1598]

@@AdventureswithBobandSteph z Hi I'm not a Londoner so can't help with that one but anywhere that's not touristy is a good starting point 😉

[@AdventureswithBobandSteph]

@richardbradley1598 That's a good call. When traveling, we usually try to find both the popular "touristy" spots, as well as the hidden gems, just to get the full experience and flavor of the country we're visiting.

[@onecupof_tea]

Try and go to a cafe one day, there's lots in London, where you can eat an English breakfast all day and the food is cheaper than restaurants. The customers are friendly too. Just Google cafes.