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Eddy	Posted: Jul 25 2012, 06:50 PM
Naughty Tomato Group: Admin Posts: 27,969 Member No.: 2 Joined: 25-January 06	London 2012 Olympics: cable car breaks down 'because of the heat' Scores of passengers were left suspended up to 300 feet in the air after the cable car above London’s main river linking key Olympic venues broke down amid claims it was because of the hot weather ... Full article, Telegraph, 25/07/12.

Eddy	Posted: Jul 25 2012, 07:00 PM
Naughty Tomato Group: Admin Posts: 27,969 Member No.: 2 Joined: 25-January 06	Given that they were so quick to explain what happened, you would have thought that the cable car engineers would have anticipated that something like this could happen. As for the dangers of lightening striking, again why wasn't this dealt with? I can't help feeling that the project was rushed to completion so that it could be open for the Olympics. Idiots. Blooming useless. What will they do when it snows?

Rose	Posted: Jul 26 2012, 06:55 AM
Naughty Tomato Group: Super Member Posts: 10,357 Member No.: 15 Joined: 25-January 06	We are due on that in a few weeks and son & G/Son are walking over the dome too ..

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Posted: Jul 26 2012, 08:38 AM

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QUOTE (Rose @ Jul 26 2012, 06:55 AM)

We are due on that in a few weeks and son & G/Son are walking over the dome too ..

Walking over the dome? I had no idea that was possible.

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Posted: Jul 26 2012, 10:25 AM

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QUOTE (Eddy @ Jul 25 2012, 07:50 PM)

London 2012 Olympics: cable car breaks down 'because of the heat'

Scores of passengers were left suspended up to 300 feet in the air after the cable car above London’s main river linking key Olympic venues broke down amid claims it was because of the hot weather ...

Full article, Telegraph, 25/07/12.

Uh oh

This can join classics l;ike "leaves on the line" and "the wrong kind of snow"

seriously though it must have been hell for those stuck there in that heat.

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QUOTE (Eddy @ Jul 26 2012, 09:38 AM)

Walking over the dome? I had no idea that was possible.

Me neither..

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Posted: Jul 29 2012, 02:48 PM

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QUOTE (Eddy @ Jul 26 2012, 08:38 AM)

Walking over the dome? I had no idea that was possible.

I believe they call it Up at the O2, I bet you get a brillaint view from up there but I hear it's quite expensive to visit.

As for the cable car, no thanks

Eddy	Posted: Jul 29 2012, 04:16 PM
Naughty Tomato Group: Admin Posts: 27,969 Member No.: 2 Joined: 25-January 06	Just did a google. Here's a review of the climb: Pics and article here, London List, 25/06/12.

grimfandango	Posted: Jul 29 2012, 08:04 PM
Naughty Tomato Group: Super Member Posts: 3,718 Member No.: 4 Joined: 25-January 06	Wow! that looks brilliant, I'd love to have a go.

Mootle	Posted: Jul 30 2012, 11:54 AM
Naughty Tomato Group: Super Member Posts: 4,016 Member No.: 115 Joined: 31-January 09	I'd love the cable car bit, but not climbing up the Dome --------------------

grimfandango	Posted: Jul 30 2012, 08:49 PM
Naughty Tomato Group: Super Member Posts: 3,718 Member No.: 4 Joined: 25-January 06	Other way round with me, I'd love to walk across the dome but no way would I get in that cable car.

Eddy	Posted: Jul 31 2012, 05:24 AM
Naughty Tomato Group: Admin Posts: 27,969 Member No.: 2 Joined: 25-January 06	Cable car for me.

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