The i360 tower in Brighton looked like this for too long on Thursday this week. Too naked!
This new viewing attraction opened in August this year, providing 360 degree views of Brighton and its surroundings.
The tower is 161 metres tall, made of 17 steel tubes, each one measuring 3.9 metres in diameter, but varying in length and weight. These tubes are connected by 1336 bolts, the heaviest of which weighs 85 tonnes! The viewing pod is 18 metres in diameter and can take 200 people at a time, departing every 20-30 minutes.
I was due to enjoy the attraction on Thursday, but on arrival I found that my scheduled flight had been delayed to allow a large hospitality group to ascend first.
Not the best news after travelling down specifically for this trip, but we waited patiently on the deck for the next departure, which never happened. We were told that our trip was delayed and then cancelled due to high wind (22 mph according to the Met Office), but Twitter finally revealed that it was a “technical glitch”.
180 people stuck in the viewing pod, 8 September 2016
I’ve heard no further information on the glitch, but my assumption of a similarity to the Saint Helena airport that can’t cope with wind was possibly incorrect!
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 September 2016
Part of Six Word Saturday
Travel with Intent 
I think if I were you, I’d be glad I was on the ground when it got stuck.
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Yes, they seemed to remain quite cheery (probably something to do with the bar)
Might have been different if it had broken down at the top!
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surely and adventure, happy it turned out okay for those stuck
Have a nice Saturday, thanks for sharing
much love…
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Fascinating! Don’t think I’d board, but….very cool nonetheless!
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I’m not so sure about getting on board after that!
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I normally enjoy viewing platforms and the like, but this just looks like a great needle, Debs. Is it a little incongruous there on the sea front? 🙂
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Strangely, it isn’t, or not to me, anyway. I was worried, because it’s so close to the gorgeous west pier. I was dashing down to get there in time for the hefty security checks, and when I looked down the coast from the active pier, I couldn’t see it at all at first. Because it is slender, partly, and also because it is so tall – not seeing the top seems to make it less conspicuous. They have done a nice renovation job of staircases around it, but it’s still a bit of a mess on the front while they do some more work.
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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It’ll be a long time before I get to Brighton again so I’ll have to rely on your photos. 🙂 And that’s no hardship!
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😇
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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How amazing… Looks like a space ship…
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Yes, there is a similarity. Perhaps not as reliable though!!
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Tell me, Debs, is there anything of the old West Pier left? Someone told me the lot had been removed…..
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No it’s still there 🙂 Nice piccy scheduled for tomorrow!
There is talk of renovating it using income generated by the tower
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I must get down and take some more pictures, these are from a couple of years back or more ….. https://suejudd.com/2015/01/27/brighton-west-pier-now-and-black-glass/
Are those socking great pillars on the beach still there as well?
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Well I hope they treated you to something special to make up for it . . .
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Nothing 😦 Not even my refund yet!
The service levels were disappointing and I’m not surprised to see that they have a Customer Services job vacancy!
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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That’s appalling . . . . . 😦 shame we don’t know who the corporate group are so we could all tell them the impact they had!
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Beats swinging in a stranded cable car for hours near Mt Blanc, I suppose, Debbie. I’ll stick to Qantas LOL 😉 Cheers, Ken
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Absolutely! I would really have struggled with the cable car!
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Agreed!
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