BOARDING THE i360

Clutching his Boarding Pass firmly in his paw, Wilson queued with me to pass through the pre-boarding Security Check.

'It looks like a Flying Saucer on a Stick, New Dad,' he remarked while we waited, 'or a ginormous huge silver doughnut!'

After a moment he continued, 'Did you know it goes even higher that that balloon I went up on in Bournemouth? I hope it doesn't sway about as much as that did — for a little while, I thought I was going to fall out of the basket!'

He chatters like this when he's nervous, but I'm sure he'll be okay once we're inside the Pod.

Check back on Wednesday to see how our flight goes...