A Boatload Of Rowdy Vikings Sailed Up The Thames This Week

    Are we being invaded AGAIN?

    A Viking longboat appeared on the river Thames yesterday.

    As it sailed past the Houses of Parliament, the axe-wielding Vikings on board got quite rowdy. As is the Viking way.

    Here they are rowdily waving their axes, photographed from a safe distance.

    It's OK - it wasn't really an invasion. The longboat was actually being towed to the British Museum.

    The whole thing was to promote "Vikings Live from the British Museum", a cinema broadcast going out on 24 April.

    This cinema broadcast is part of the BP exhibition "Vikings life and legend", which is on at the British Museum until 22 June.

    Hooray for Vikings!