The London Olympics 2012

[Bouncy Castle]

I gotz a white one of dem!

[Conforumist]

I'm a huge fan of the Olympics! I enjoy watching almost all of the games. CBC has excellent coverage; far better than any of the US networks.

[Will of Lancre]

I am keen on watching the Olympics on TV, but I sympathise with Londoners and am quite glad the Games are not likely to come to Luxembourg any time soon...

My son, who lives in London, is lucky to have work in Edinburgh for the duration.

[Tonyblack]

When does it finish?

[Catch-up]

I giggled a little reading that article too. Of course, I'm not there having to deal with the situation either.

[Will of Lancre]

When does it finish?

12 Aug. Then there are the Paralympics from 29 Aug to 9 Sept, but they may not affect the traffic so badly.

[Del]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... NOW STOP IT !!!

Whenever I hear the phrase "whinging Poms" I stand tall and proud and talk you lot UP !!! "Oh no!" I say, "You have just met the whole lot. The ones I know are very positive people. Lovely bunch!"

Dont let me down!!!!!!

We never had any of this when they hit Australia (well okay a tiny bit but those people were shouted down by the YAY-sayers. When we had the Commonwealth Games here is Brissy we all agreed that although the trains and buses were packed like sardines it made everyone so much more social and we loved the crowded journeys as everyone was always talking to each other. The flow on effect of everyone getting on the trains and calling out "hello!" to everyone on the train carriage lasted for ages after. It was wonderful. And if you saw anyone in colours from another country you HAD to say hello and welcome to Australia and ask them if they needed any help with directions or what to do.

Get INVOLVED people! Get excited!

[Who's Wee Dug]

Del, maybe more people are friendly in Brisbane to visitors cant say the same for London.

[The Mad Collector]

[Who's Wee Dug]

Just about sums it up Mad.

[Del]

Del, maybe more people are friendly in Brisbane to visitors cant say the same for London.

Well I CAN say the same for Edinburgh. When I was there I couldn't ever get my tourist map unfolded more than two folds before someone came up to me and asked me where I was going and 99% of the time didn't just give me directions but TOOK me there and acted as tour guide on the way!

[Penfold]

Maybe people would be more enthusiastic about the games if they were allowed time off work for the opening ceremony.

I did manage to brave the weather and get a reasonable vantage point (top of a multi-story car park) to watch and photograph the torch as it went through Worthing. The conditions and angle weren't great, however, but here are a few shots of the event.

On the way.


Handing over the relay.


View of the route.

[Del]

Oh wow! Nice pics as always Penners.

I DRAGGED the kids miles out to see the Olympic flame come by here when Sydney had them. Hours of waiting and even I was wondering if it was going to be anything to write home about for all the waiting around and the few seconds to see it as they ran past.... but when it came past it was quite thrilling! And they loved it too

Then again I thrill easily

Were you suitably impressed? How about anyone else who saw the flame? Good?

[The Mad Collector]

I've shown these before but it went past the shop so I had the film crew in my house as it gave them a good vantage point.



and then as payback for use of my home I had the torch (unlit for safety) in the shop

[janet]

Just back from the grand-daughters school play version of sport and the olympics featuring kids singing about about starkers on the starting line and nuddy on the playing field.

Horrible Histories has a lot to answer for.

That it does, but if it gets the little buggers interested in history, then should we complain?

Even so, got to watch the accuracy. I actually emailed Terry Deary about this years ago. In The Groovy Greeks (the book), he claims that in a 1980s story of Doctor Who, the Doctor is responsible for giving the Greeks the idea for the Trojan Horse. Being the anal retentive Doctor Who fan that I was, I pointed out (politely, anyway) that the story in question, The Myth Makers, was actually transmitted in the 1960s. The novelisation was done in the 1980s.

I've never met Terry Deary even though he lives only a few miles from me. He is responsible for getting the little buggers into history and the bigger buggers too! His point is that history teaching in Britain has been so bloody boring for so long, involving only the bits the academics deemed important (the vast majority of whom were male) and bearing no relevance to current reality that it needed a shake up of the most serious kind which he took as a challenge. He's taken all the bits of history and herstory which could make kids connect with their past as humans and made them accessible....GOOD