All good things must come to an end and yesterday saw the
final chapter to a great summer of sport as hundreds of thousands of people
lined the streets of London to cheer Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes
in a celebratory parade.
Sunday was the last day at the Olympic park and I was
determined to visit the end of this spectacle and sample the experience for
myself. I managed to get tickets for the 7 a-side football at the riverbank
stadium, which gave me access to the rest of the park on one of the hottest
days of the summer.
Both games have brought nothing but positive comments about
the delivery and organisation of these great events, and I am happy to say
everything I was greeted with lived up to my expectation. Even getting to the Olympic
park was a pleasure, on the brand new 7 minute javelin train from St Pancras,
then walking through the pristine Westfield shopping centre, retail design
heaven for an interior designer like myself. Right to the last day the
volunteers we met were friendly and very helpful, which really showed their
commitment to making sure people had a good time.
The Olympic park was massive but we still had a good walk
round to see all the stadiums and structures from the Orbit to the award
winning Velodrome, not an easy task in 28 degrees but well worth the effort. My
only disappointment on the day was not being able to go up the Orbit to get an
aerial view of the whole park. The tickets needed to be pre-booked at £15 each,
which I thought was a bit steep considering people had already paid to get into
the park itself. Hopefully they’ll bring this price down when the park re-opens
to the public.
Below are a small selection of the pictures I took. After Proms in the Park on Saturday (first
picture) I finally got my true British weekend away. Definitely worth waiting
for !
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The Olympic Games - 2012 - London
