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Old January 3rd 07, 06:38 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport,uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default Is Edinburgh on the Tube?

Mark Goodge wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:22:16 -0000, Nick Pedley put finger to keyboard
and typed:

"I never knew Paris was so close to London that we could see the
Eiffel Tower from the top of the wheel!"


At the risk of asking another tricky question, what is it that they're
seeing that prompts this remark?


The Blackpool Tower, of course!

(Actually, Crystal Palace television transmitter.)