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Eternal Flame
Jul. 15th, 2012 06:04 pmHad a stinking cold since Thursday, passed on by me ma :(
The weather stayed fine this afternoon, so moseyed up the road to see the Olympic torch relay. Got talking to a friendly lady at roadside, who was impressed that I'd be going to a night of swimming finals - and delighted to hear that I am a huge women's football fan and would be attending six Olympic matches. Cathy, an old colleague of mine from the Shitpool, came up and said hello - she'd recognised my voice. She asked how long I had left at our office and when I was moving, and wished me luck.
After a couple of police vehicles went by playing tunes on their horns, the Torch Relay Bus appeared with some of the torchbearers on and we applauded and waved our flags. Some of them waved back through the windows. Behind them was an Olympic car with signs in the windows saying 'The Torch is 6 minutes away'. Next were the Coca-Cola, Samsung and Lloyds TSB open-top buses, with cheerful people on top wearing company polo shirts waving. Another Olympic car and a paramedic car brought up the rear.
Someone said "Oh, we've missed the runner with the torch." I said they were still to come. There was a long Pinterian pause, with nothing happening while the crowd outside the White Hart edged into the road and a policeman kept order. Finally a police motorcyclist came by beeping his horn, followed by two Olympic vans and the BBC crew. There was a torch kiss about 100 yards up the road from us, but where we were we couldn't see it because one of the Olympic vans was in the way. Slowly the vans began moving and went by us, followed by a young man carrying the torch, burning beautifully, surrounded by a phalanx of six outrunners in grey London 2012 polo shirts, to a huge cheer from everyone lining the road.
The weather stayed fine this afternoon, so moseyed up the road to see the Olympic torch relay. Got talking to a friendly lady at roadside, who was impressed that I'd be going to a night of swimming finals - and delighted to hear that I am a huge women's football fan and would be attending six Olympic matches. Cathy, an old colleague of mine from the Shitpool, came up and said hello - she'd recognised my voice. She asked how long I had left at our office and when I was moving, and wished me luck.
After a couple of police vehicles went by playing tunes on their horns, the Torch Relay Bus appeared with some of the torchbearers on and we applauded and waved our flags. Some of them waved back through the windows. Behind them was an Olympic car with signs in the windows saying 'The Torch is 6 minutes away'. Next were the Coca-Cola, Samsung and Lloyds TSB open-top buses, with cheerful people on top wearing company polo shirts waving. Another Olympic car and a paramedic car brought up the rear.
Someone said "Oh, we've missed the runner with the torch." I said they were still to come. There was a long Pinterian pause, with nothing happening while the crowd outside the White Hart edged into the road and a policeman kept order. Finally a police motorcyclist came by beeping his horn, followed by two Olympic vans and the BBC crew. There was a torch kiss about 100 yards up the road from us, but where we were we couldn't see it because one of the Olympic vans was in the way. Slowly the vans began moving and went by us, followed by a young man carrying the torch, burning beautifully, surrounded by a phalanx of six outrunners in grey London 2012 polo shirts, to a huge cheer from everyone lining the road.
