Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts

Monday, 30 July 2012

Olympic Fun and Games


Well  the games have started and despite the problems, with the security staff, tickets not being allocated properly and  Lococ playing God, stealing the Olympic ideal and making out it is their's so that they can make more money. The opening ceremony went really well and was very enjoyable to watch.  A pat on the back time, the press and the public loving it, and everyone  in accord.  So this morning we are told that there are to many empty seats,  these are not any seats, these are the front expensive seats that the wealthy and the corporate bunch where supposed to buy. So what shall we do with all these empty seats, get in touch with the people that missed out and offer  it to them? No! How about we open a box office and let people know that tickets will be for sale, we can reduce them a little so that they will sell? No!  Oh I know all those soldiers being drafted in for security, lets tell them to fill the seats, they can sit there in their uniforms, and as they are on duty they cannot refuse? What a good idea, Lococ have done it again brilliant; and who would have thought of that one? not me.  Well they finally decided to sell the tickets on line, and I know a few people who have taken the opportunity to get to tickets, so good look to you if you decide to go.  This will be our best chance of getting all those medals, being at home with a home crowd there is nothing like it for raising moral and boosting confidence.
 Good luck Team GB


Monday, 9 July 2012

The Olympic Torch


The Olympic Torch left Luton at 6.45am with Lewis Hamilton carrying the Torch.  Here are some pictures from the North end of Dunstable as it makes it's way to Milton Keynes and on it's way to Aylesbury.  The crowds got there early, and in the centre of Dunstable it was packed.  Kevin and I watched it on the live stream till it got to MacDonald's  on the A505, then we got our coats and strolled down to the High Street.
The final torch bearer was Penelope Green who has worked for 20 years fund raising for Down's Syndrome. She arrived wearing a pair of Golden Slippers, for her short stint to French's Avenue, before the flame goes by car, on to Milton Keynes and through Bletchley, Buckingham and Aylesbury to Oxford.  Well that was early enough for my day off back to bed.