... of St. Paul's Cathedral.
This is between the Stone Gallery (52 mts and 376 steps high) and the Golden Gallery (85 mts and 528 steps high) and just below the start of the leaded dome.
Inside the dome by John Leah, on Flickr
The first part of the climb to the Stone Gallery (via the Whispering Gallery) is by spiral staircase with conventional, wide stone steps. From there it becomes a narrow iron spiral staircase conveying so many people that stopping to catch a breath is impossible let alone pondering to inspect the architecture and take photographs.
A poor quality grab shot to illustrate the point:
Higher inside the dome by John Leah, on Flickr
At the top there is just time for some quick shots of the view (dodging the inevitable mass of selfie sticks) before being ushered down again. I did take some I was happy with but there have been examples submitted by others so I won't impose them here
Cheers,
John
This is between the Stone Gallery (52 mts and 376 steps high) and the Golden Gallery (85 mts and 528 steps high) and just below the start of the leaded dome.
Inside the dome by John Leah, on Flickr
The first part of the climb to the Stone Gallery (via the Whispering Gallery) is by spiral staircase with conventional, wide stone steps. From there it becomes a narrow iron spiral staircase conveying so many people that stopping to catch a breath is impossible let alone pondering to inspect the architecture and take photographs.
A poor quality grab shot to illustrate the point:
Higher inside the dome by John Leah, on Flickr
At the top there is just time for some quick shots of the view (dodging the inevitable mass of selfie sticks) before being ushered down again. I did take some I was happy with but there have been examples submitted by others so I won't impose them here
Cheers,
John
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