su 15 Nov 2015 |
The
mobile box office outside the Olympic Velodrome
was brilliant at sorting the ticket up cock of our own making.
Inside the velodrome the
Revolution Sprint Series was providing entertaining racing
from all sizes and gender. Our last visit with its
non-starting Derny was reprised when the meeting ended a little
prematurely because a three man pile up on the banking had
damaged the track.
|
we 21 Oct 2015
 |
Monday night we went to the Olympic Velodrome on comps for the first
six day
bike
race in a large town since 1982 ... we went to that one too.
We could moan about the poor signposting, poor lighting on the obligatory walk
through the park, five pounds for a pint of Heineken and far too loud music but
the velodrome is very impressive inside, the racing was brilliant and there was
all the fun of a Derny that refused to start for the final keirin.
|
sa 14 Dec 2013 |
It must be at least 15 months since the
Olympics and they're still
pratting about with the roads around the
Olympic Park.
|
fr 1 Mar 2013 |
Yet another
aspect of the
2012 heritage.
|
th 30 Aug 2012 |
Yesterday
we went to Hackney town hall near Chelmsford
for the Paralympic flame visit, no bunting but
lots of security, barriers and not a lot else. We
walked the wrong way along the flame's route ... not a lot.
We stood by a useful looking traffic island for an hour, passing
police said they didn't know anything, a road sweeper said it
was 90 minutes late, Radio 5 Live said it was 90 minutes late so
we gave up but passing a Richmond Road corner there was an
optimistic looking group. After a bit a big lump of
police appeared, after a further bit
the flame passed and disappeared into London Fields lido ...
after a bit grey clad runners with a Davy lamp came out and ran
authoritatively into Gayhurst Road, stopped,
looked confused and after much arm pointing from a spectator
ran back the way they came. Well at least
we got to see it this time.
|
sa 11 Aug 2012 |
This
morning near Chelmsford Big Al collected his
volunteer steward's
uniform for the paralympics. It was all Adidas and
included two pairs of socks, a custom Oyster card saying
paralympics volunteer, an umbrella, a watch, a water bottle
and a pair of size 15 trainers ... well he is Big Al.
|
th 5 Jul 2012 |
The two courts nearest to the Olympic park
along with others in a large town near Chelmsford
will be closed during the upcoming event because of the expected
travel difficulties, no doubt aggravated by the VIP only lanes.
A magistrate has told us there will be no extra court resources
to deal with the resulting case backlog ... so justice may be
delayed but not Coca Cola executives.
|
mo 23 Jun 2008 |
.jpg)
Road(s) have disappeared around the 2012 Olympics site in
Hackney and twice this morning
this yellow jacket tried to tell us
we couldn't photograph from the public pavement ... yeah, right. |
su 6 Apr 2008 |

What a swizz!
First the pavements
were swept, then the
bins were emptied, then an
army
of police
and two helicopters all for a bus with
Coca Cola written on it
and half a dozen slappers on the back of a lorry. Didn't
get to see the Olympic flame but did get to see
these protesters asking the PSO to
take their pic, makes you proud to be British!
.jpg)
.jpg) |
mo 18 Feb 2008 |
This
is the boundary of the main 2012 Olympics site in a
large town
near Chelmsford. It took us a while to
realise the message is partly a cleverly
stuck on graffito. |