The very first post...
Hello and welcome to London 2012 Blog (www.london2012 blog.co.uk).
As you may know, if you followed my Athens 2004 Blog, I'm a London-based chap who went out to Athens for the entire Olympics last year - watching 18 different sports over three weeks and making a minor star out of my friend Robin the Robin (read about our Olympics experiences and Robin's continuing adventures at www.robintherobin.com).
So, obviously, having had a whale of a time in Athens, I was pretty darn pleased when London was awarded the games on July 6. I took this photo down at Trafalgar Square in London, about an hour after the announcement. It was amazing the atmosphere in London that day, it's not often that Londoners (myself included) aren't grumbling about the city but there was a definite feeling of pride and pleasure that evening that we'd won the games against all expectations.
Of course, the following morning London was united again - but this time in shock, horror and grief as suicide bombers came to our city, killing more than 50 people.
But we're a stoic bunch, and while those of us in London on the morning of July 7 won't forget about it in a hurry, I think we're pretty determined to look forward to an amazing Olympic Games in 2012.
So that's the point of this blog really. To keep folks across the world up to date with the latest happenings (but in a fun sort of way) and to let you know how London's preparing for this amazing festival of sport in 2012.
If you're reading this, you're probably one of the first visitors we've had. Hopefully we'll see you again soon. And over the next seven (count 'em!) years...
Kit
As you may know, if you followed my Athens 2004 Blog, I'm a London-based chap who went out to Athens for the entire Olympics last year - watching 18 different sports over three weeks and making a minor star out of my friend Robin the Robin (read about our Olympics experiences and Robin's continuing adventures at www.robintherobin.com).
So, obviously, having had a whale of a time in Athens, I was pretty darn pleased when London was awarded the games on July 6. I took this photo down at Trafalgar Square in London, about an hour after the announcement. It was amazing the atmosphere in London that day, it's not often that Londoners (myself included) aren't grumbling about the city but there was a definite feeling of pride and pleasure that evening that we'd won the games against all expectations.
Of course, the following morning London was united again - but this time in shock, horror and grief as suicide bombers came to our city, killing more than 50 people.
But we're a stoic bunch, and while those of us in London on the morning of July 7 won't forget about it in a hurry, I think we're pretty determined to look forward to an amazing Olympic Games in 2012.
So that's the point of this blog really. To keep folks across the world up to date with the latest happenings (but in a fun sort of way) and to let you know how London's preparing for this amazing festival of sport in 2012.
If you're reading this, you're probably one of the first visitors we've had. Hopefully we'll see you again soon. And over the next seven (count 'em!) years...
Kit
posted by Kit at 5:50 AM
3 Comments:
I might as well be the first to get the ball rolling! :)(Somebody has to I guess) Doesn't seem like a year since Athens (when I somewhat bizarrely won the relay competition). Let's hope this blog takes off, in the same way as the Athens one did, as we get closer to the 27th July 2012. If my maths are correct,we have 2564 days in which to build the stadium, the arenas, the village and to sort out the DLR, NLR, Jubilee and Central lines. Those, in my opinion, are the essentials. Hopefully we can finish Crossrail and the Thames Gateway Bridge in time too!
Let's hope we match (or even better) Sydney and put on the best Olympics ever. I'm pretty confident that we will!
Graham
i look forward to following london's progress towards the big day on this site over the next 7 years...it seems ages away - but time will fly right on by no doubt! cheers rob
Argh, we are da blog whores
http://vancouver2010blog.blogspot.com/
http://london2012-summergames.blogspot.com/
and of course my personal favorite
http://nakedfamouswomen.blogspot.com/
And yes, there is some olympic content
Cheers from Canada
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