Afternoon: Somerset House - Speedboat up the Thames - Oysters & Cocktails at Scott's

Somerset House

Nearest tube: Temple
Jump back on the tube at Bond Street and it's just 4 stops to Temple where you can pop up to The Strand to see Somerset House. This 18th-century building doubled as the MI6 Headquarters in Tomorrow Never Dies and is one of London's most versatile venues used for outdoor film screenings, music concerts and even outdoor ice skating in winter.

Speedboat up the Thames

Nearest tube: Waterloo
Now it's time to up the adrenaline levels with a high-speed 007 speedboat race down the River Thames. Walk back down to the river and cross by Embankment Bridge - at the end of the bridge you'll see South Bank Centre to your left. You need to head right until you get to Westminster Pier. Here you'll find London Voyages (www.londonribvoyages.com/), and the fun begins.

See London's top sights in thrilling style as you twist and turn at terrifying speeds past the London Eye, Tower of London and Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. You'll also pass in front of the impenetrable MI6 building with its striking cubic architecture. This building is James Bond's headquarters, where M briefs him and Q gives him gadgets, and features in numerous Bond films.

Oysters and Cocktails at Scott's

Nearest tube: Bond Street
Now it's back to Mayfair for an indulgent evening of dinner and cocktails at the historic seafood restaurant and oyster bar, Scott's (www.scotts-restaurant.com/) of Mayfair. Scott's is over 150 years old and was Ian Fleming's favourite restaurant. In the novels, James Bond also dined here occasionally ordering 'dressed crab and black velvet or roast grouse and pink champagne'.

Fleming adored good English food, in particular Colchester oysters, scrambled eggs and grilled sole. An English savoury dish, he said, was the best food in the world, accompanied by a little pink champagne. Scott's current menu still offers many of Fleming's favourite dishes, like Angels on Horseback (oysters wrapped in bacon on toast) and Scotch Woodcock - scrambled eggs crisscrossed with anchovies.

And if rumours are to be believed, Scott's is also the place Fleming first heard the words, "dry Martini, shaken not stirred".

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