Short circuit

I've got some time on my hands and, failing a better topic, I've decided to show you my running route, which takes me past some of London's best-known landmarks and is really quite beautiful.

My run is roughly the same whether I start at home or at work. I head for the north bank of the Thames in the City. From home, I would get to the north bank over Millenium Bridge (first photo), and head west.

Slightly to the west of Millenium Bridge is where I work (at Blackfriar's Bridge). I continue to run past this towards Somerset House and Waterloo Bridge.

Somerset House and Waterloo Bridge

I then continue west past Cleopatra's needle towards Embankment. Cleopatra's needle, shown here on site in Egypt before the Victorians transported it to London, is just visible in the next photo (on the far bank of the river, near the middle right hand side of the photo).

This is the Hungerford railway bridge at Embankment (the white spidery-weblike things support the Queen's Jubilee footbridges).

Continuing west, I come to the Houses of Parliament, cross Westminster Bridge and continue west along the south bank past Lambeth Palace.

Lambeth Palace

Past Lambeth Palace and Lambeth Bridge is the Secret Intelligence Services building (MI6). This is the goal of every run. When I get to MI6, I touch it, and turn around. I would be surprised if I'm not now under surveillance.

I run home along the south bank, past the London Eye and various other attractions, all of which I'm too lazy to picture here.