After seeing the London Eye for the first time I felt very nervous, it looked like a huge white frisbee which had yoyos stuck to the sides of it.  

The London Eye didn’t stop to let us on because it went so slowly we had to jump on.  I was scared that when I had to jump on I would fall in the gap between the pod and the water.  The water looked dim and cold and that is one place I’m glad I didn’t end up!  As soon as I had jumped into the pod I sat on the bench in the middle.  I didn’t move it’s not that I’m scared of being so high off the ground it’s the fact that it went out over water!

I concentrated on the roof tops, I looked down once and all the people looked like dolls and the houses looked like their houses! You could see right across London because the pods were made of glass.  I saw Buckingham Palace, Wembley Stadium and there was a building which I would describe as a blue cucumber!  You could see for miles right across London.  

I was scared that the doors would open and I would fall out.  I thought I was very lucky because it’s not every day that I’m able to ride the London Eye!  I noticed how excited everybody was and I was sat not moving and I was very scared.  When we were nearly at the bottom I was relieved but the last thing I needed to do was get off it.  I jumped and landed safely on the ground, when I got out I was quite glad that I was off but I was also happy that I could tell people I had actually rode on the London Eye.

By Molly