We live in a London Borough, and as such we have a very particular view of the Olympics. Anyone who knows us will be aware we are not sporting types, the only games we participate in are video games and even they've taken a back burner right now. The fact that all the regeneration of sports facilities has meant the most inaccessible of our "local" pools got a revamp, whilst our actual local and perfectly adequate pool closed down is a bone of contention with me. Along with the "don't travel into London unless you absolutely have to" ... Londoners live here too ya know! And we're not all going to the games. Nonetheless Alfred's year of Birth is full of excitement and patriotism so we went to see the torch pass through our local area. The buzz and the atmosphere was overwhelming and quite fun. The torch itself was so brief it was barely worth the effort. Due to a 20 minute corporate stop-over it literally raced past, blink and you'd have missed it. But he can say he was there with his mama and his friends and he fell asleep. Yes, asleep. In amidst all the drums and whistles, and shouting and cheering Alfred fell asleep. He woke up when we got to the park afterwards though. Happy 'lmpics Alfred, you were there!
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