{"id":758,"date":"2012-10-02T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=758"},"modified":"2012-10-02T14:09:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:09:58","slug":"my-first-trip-on-london-cable-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/10\/my-first-trip-on-london-cable-car\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Trip on London Cable Car."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>300 feet to the ground\/Thames, with the wind blowing. Thrilling!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/2012\/10\/my-first-trip-on-london-cable-car\/wpid-imag0029\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1145\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/10\/my-first-trip-on-london-cable-car\/wpid-imag0029\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG00291.jpg?fit=500%2C836&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,836\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wpid-IMAG0029\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG00291.jpg?fit=500%2C836&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG00291.jpg?resize=500%2C836\" alt=\"wpid-IMAG0029\" width=\"500\" height=\"836\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG00291.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG00291.jpg?resize=179%2C300&amp;ssl=1 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The O2 Arena<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/2012\/10\/my-first-trip-on-london-cable-car\/wpid-imag0041-300x179\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1147\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/10\/my-first-trip-on-london-cable-car\/wpid-imag0041-300x179\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG0041-300x1791.jpg?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,179\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wpid-IMAG0041-300&amp;#215;179\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG0041-300x1791.jpg?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG0041-300x1791.jpg?resize=300%2C179\" alt=\"wpid-IMAG0041-300x179\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The car behind us.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMAG0029.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/wpid-IMAG0029.jpg?w=640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Thames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>300 feet to the ground\/Thames, with the wind blowing. Thrilling! The O2 Arena The car behind us. The Thames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-ce","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":589,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/06\/another-useless-mega-million-pound-monument\/","url_meta":{"origin":758,"position":0},"title":"Another Useless Mega Million Pound Monument","author":"taxicle","date":"June 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Right in time for the Olympics, a cable car has opened across the Thames. 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