St Paul’s Cathedral, London, September 2015
At 111 metres in height, the current St Paul’s Cathedral was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, when it was overtaken by the Post Office tower (now known as the BT Tower).
In fact, the Old St Paul’s Cathedral was the first structure in London to exceed a height of 100 metres. It was completed in 1310, at a height of 150 metres, making it the world’s tallest structure until 1311, when it was surpassed by Lincoln Cathedral. Amazingly, it regained the world’s height title in 1549 when Lincoln Cathedral lost its spire!
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 March 2016
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Travel with Intent 
Tall Paul is handsome
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how did you do that bubble? that is amazing. what a great capture. thank you for sharing at InSPIREd Sunday!! have a great week. ( :
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That was a street performer with bucket and rope, making giant bubbles ☺
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I saw that bubble blower on my London trip – how cool of you to capture St Paul’s through them!
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Thanks Jude I did appreciate his help!!
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Come on, Debs- explain the bubbles 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Ah, so obvious to me!! Didn’t think to mention them
There was a street entertainer blowing bubbles on the South Bank and, obligingly, they passed between my camera and the Cathedral!!
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I do like an obliging street entertainer 🙂
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Interesting photo and information. Were you blowing bubbles?
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No, a young man was entertaining all the kids along the Thames. And me too.
But now you say that, it would be a fun way of adding to my photos going forward!
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I look forward to some bubble images in the future.
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Interesting info, Debbie. Thank you.
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I had that little snippet of information sitting in a draft post for ages and your theme prompted me to get on with writing it! ☺
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:43 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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He he, I like when it happens 🙂 Have a good day, Debbie 🙂
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I love the bubbles in your shot. They add not only a sense of whimsy, but a weird feeling of size disconnect.
janet
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Yes, and they were giant bubbles!
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:03 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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