Last week we had guests staying here - a couple with two teenage adopted Chinese daughters. They went to London to watch the gymnastics and didn't know whether to cheer for Britain or China. They were very impressed with the organisation especially the volunteers at the railway stations being so helpful, telling people where to go for tickets and the tube and etc.
After all the doom merchants it is great to see the supporting crowds who rejoice at victories and suffer disappointment at defeats almost as much as the athletes themselves. The contestants showed real sportsmanship. It makes one feel good about our youngsters.
I have just watched the women's marathon passing all the wonderful London landmarks. Buckingham Palace, Admiralty Arch. the Tower of London, the Big Wheel and all those examples of modern architecture all new to me. Although I worked in Whitehall and close to St. Paul's Cathedral how bright and clean it all looks today. My memories of the city are of 1940s London with bomb craters and ruined buildings and boarded up shops ! Even in the rain today it looked nice and when the sun shone it looked superb.
Can I bear now to watch Andy Murray striving for gold?
I did and he got it. Hooray !!
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