A group of Year 12 students have 
signed off the year with an exciting, 
fun-filled journey to London, spending 
3 days in the nation’s capital, 
experiencing all its sights and sounds 
in what has become an annual 
Year 12 excursion. Staying in the 
Docklands area of the city, in hotel 
rooms with amazing views of the O2 
Arena and the River Thames, the 
visit’s highlights included trips on the 
London Eye opposite the Houses of 
Parliament, and the London Cable Car 
from the Royal Docks to Greenwich. 
Other key moments involved a guided 
tour through the city’s dark past in 
London Dungeon, an afternoon in the 
Tower of London, and a speedboat 
thrill ride down the River Thames, 
passing beneath Tower Bridge and 
hitting warp speed at Canary Wharf. 
The residential trip ended with a visit 
to the West End to see the hit musical 
‘Six’, which can only be described 
as the Six Wives of Henry VIII meet 
the Spice Girls. An afternoon in St 
Albans on the way home brought our 
capital city break to an end. A three 
day fun fest which lived up to Samuel 
Johnson’s famous observation, ‘When 
you are tired of London, you are tired 
of life’.
Mrs Bedson
A CAPITAL VISIT
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