No, I didn't win any medals. But I did get an Olympic pin from a Barbados athlete!! More of that later …. I was toying with the idea of giving this blog the title "Now when anyone asks me where the nearest toilet is I know the answer". Can't remember if I told you but I met up with my daughter Jo in the Olympic Park a couple of days ago. A man approached me saying to his family "I'll ask this person. He's sure to know. Could you tell me where the nearest toile...

…. was to wear a thermal vest when I left home at 530am this morning. Decidedly chilly and the weather forecast wasn't good. It certainly paid off this morning although I was sweating like a pig this afternoon when the sun broke through. My days at the Olympic Park in Team Anna have developed some sort of loose-ish shape. I arrive around 745am when everyone's pouring in there. I wander around for an hour or so frequently taking photos of families together. Then...

Hello again …. I suppose the thing about today was that it was the first day back at work since the Opening Ceremony and I wasn't sure what the trains and tube would be like. [By the way, does the Opening Ceremony seem like light years ago to you now or is it just me?]. Anyway, I got the 0552 up to London just in case. Busy but not too much so. The tube was the same. That meant I got to the park around 745am. There were already loads of people queuing up and...

Evening all …. After the peace and quiet of yesterday, much more action today. Importantly, I now know where to go to get my meal ticket. And where to go to make a cup of tea when I get there in the morning - important. A few other fellow Games Makers have found it as well and that seems to be shaping up as our informal meeting place. Our boss Anna found us. So did Marie-Claire - her first day as a Games Maker and her first day in the Olympic Park. Hats of...

Hello all …. Are you bursting to know my highlights today? Probably not but sadly I'm bursting to tell you. For an hour or so this afternoon I was left by myself in the "Marketing Partners" bendy-bus area. With a clipboard! And a radio!! And if that wasn't enough, a coach and a driver!!! No sign of Zaf - the Traffic Supervisor who despatches the bendy-busses. Sadly the bendy-bus there was full of fairly agitated Omega people [Marketing Partners] who were itc...