London, my love

The view from Waterloo Bridge is astonishing. Look one way and you see St Paul's Cathedral, the Gherkin and Canary Wharf. Glance in the other direction and you're visually kissed and made love to by the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. The Thames glitters with more beauty than a million Tiffany diamonds, deeper and priceless.

This particular evening, I had got off at the wrong bus stop and had to try very hard not to bump into people as I walked from one end of the bridge towards Covent Garden. The view was spectacular in twilight. I wondered how anyone could walk that way and not also keep flitting their eyes to their left and then their right, hungry for the sights.