Paralympics!

So my exciting days out ended last Thursday, with one of my favourite days out ever. I’ve not really made much mention of this here, but those of you who talk to me on AIM will know this, but I ADORE the Olympic and Paralympic games. Absolutely adore them. I don’t watch much sport, and in fact most of it bores me to death, but I’ve been a fan of the Olympics since I watched my first games, the Seoul games in 1988. I’ve been a fan of the Paralympics since 2000. I cannot get enough of them, and am glued to the telly when they’re on. Well, them being in London, I really wanted to go, I mean I doubt I’ll ever get the opportunity again. Unfortunately, I wasn’t successful in getting tickets to the Olympics. Don’t get me started on the diabolical ticket process, and really don’t get me started on how many empty seats there were in the events I really wanted to see (swimming and artistic gymnastics) because the corporate peoples who were given free tickets didn’t bloody well turn up. I gave up in the end, but my best friend didn’t. Like me, she loves the Olympics, but she loves the athletics the most. Well, she texted me the morning after we’d spent a Saturday watching the Olympics together, saying she couldn’t get Olympic tickets, but she could get Paralympic tickets, would I be interested in going with her? Well, I practically snatched her hand off. It turns out she wasn’t sure if I’d want to go, because it was an athletics session, and she knows I find athletics a bit boring. And it’s true, I do find able-bodied athletics a bit boring, but I love Paralympic athletics. So, last Thursday, before eight o’clock in the morning, I found myself standing in the shadow of the Orbit in the Olympic Park, looking at the Olympic Stadium.

( Awesome memories of an awesome day )