12th August 2012.
Dear All,
Highlight of this week was a trip to the Olympics on Monday. Kate and I were fortunate enough to get tickets in the first allocation for the athletics stadium. We arrived 5 or 6 hours early to look round the Park on Esther’s recommendation, as she had been the week before and said that it was well worth it. Apart from the giant screen in the “Park Live” area there were film shows from the sponsors, fantastic flower borders and various other entertainments.
Dear All,
Highlight of this week was a trip to the Olympics on Monday. Kate and I were fortunate enough to get tickets in the first allocation for the athletics stadium. We arrived 5 or 6 hours early to look round the Park on Esther’s recommendation, as she had been the week before and said that it was well worth it. Apart from the giant screen in the “Park Live” area there were film shows from the sponsors, fantastic flower borders and various other entertainments.
Stadium by Day
Stadium by Night
Flower borders
Coke Pavillion
Park Live
The Velodrome
BP Pavillion
Inside the Arena
Inside the Arena
Unknown Jamaican Athlete
In the arena we saw the men’s 400m and 400m hurdles finals and the women’s pole vault, shot and steeple chase finals and heats of the 200m and 400m hurdles. In addition there were 5 presentations including Usain Bolt’s 100m.
It has been widely recorded that the atmosphere was fantastic and the volunteers very helpful and ubiquitous.
In terms of our own “athletic” performances this week we swam on Wednesday, walked Thursday and I made my first Saturday appearance for the cricket team as holidays were biting. Modesty nearly prevents me from saying that I ran somebody out with a diving stop and scored the winning runs going in at no.11.
The walk started at Northill and circled the Old Warden Park. It was hot, humid and sticky underfoot and 11 miles long – so not the proverbial “stroll in the park”
I attended a U3A BBQ at Dry Drayton after the walk. As usual the setting was remarkable on the site of a former rectory which occupied about 40 acres and now contains a cricket pitch, camp site, cattery and a decent sized wood.
Love
Mike & Kate
In the arena we saw the men’s 400m and 400m hurdles finals and the women’s pole vault, shot and steeple chase finals and heats of the 200m and 400m hurdles. In addition there were 5 presentations including Usain Bolt’s 100m.
It has been widely recorded that the atmosphere was fantastic and the volunteers very helpful and ubiquitous.
In terms of our own “athletic” performances this week we swam on Wednesday, walked Thursday and I made my first Saturday appearance for the cricket team as holidays were biting. Modesty nearly prevents me from saying that I ran somebody out with a diving stop and scored the winning runs going in at no.11.
The walk started at Northill and circled the Old Warden Park. It was hot, humid and sticky underfoot and 11 miles long – so not the proverbial “stroll in the park”
I attended a U3A BBQ at Dry Drayton after the walk. As usual the setting was remarkable on the site of a former rectory which occupied about 40 acres and now contains a cricket pitch, camp site, cattery and a decent sized wood.
Love
Mike & Kate
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