Hello .... Well, the big day's finally here. I'm just back from a day in the Olympic Park and wanted to put a quick note on. Need to catch the 0632 tomorrow for my next shift so need to get to bed. Let's get the one slight disappointment out of the way first shall we? Despite loitering [with intent] in the Westfield Shopping Centre for half an hour before I went in, no-one else wanted to have their photo taken with me. I admit to being a little hurt by that bu...

Dear Friends …. Hope all's good. Well, it's nearly here. Only two days to go to the start of the Olympics on Friday! Many of you will have had e-mails from a blog site called WordPress saying that I was going to write a blog throughout the Olympics while I'm one of the lucky lucky volunteer Games Makers. Sad news I'm afraid ….. WordPress and I have parted company. I hope you'll understand that it was quite a difficult time and I don't want to talk about it ...

Hello Everyone .... It was indeed a day of firsts. The first time I've walked up to Polegate wearing my Games Maker uniform. As soon as I got on the platform, a woman came up to me and said "I thought I was the only one down here". She's from Stone Cross and was going to see a rehearsal of the Opening ceremony so wasn't dressed up. It was the first time that I've been approached by three people on the train who wanted to know where I was going. It was my first s...