…. are at Braeshead. Just thought you might be interested. So how do I know that I hear you ask. Let me tell you, it's a hoot. On the 730am to 530pm shift today. Sent first of all to the Scotstoun Sports Campus. Fairly quiet at the start but soon got busier. Took a few people to other venues and when I got back from one of the runs I was told to go to the staging area and wait to be called. The staging area was in the grounds of the nearby Scotstoun primary school which was of course all closed for the summer holidays. Basically it was just a place to park the cars until they were needed and was pretty quiet. No members of the public but I counted 16 Games-related people [8 drivers, 4 traffic marshals and 4 security]. There was also a small portacabin and a few portaloos.

I got chatting to one of the security people and he said how they get moved around each day. Yesterday he was at Braeshead. Now this isn't a competition venue but a Park-and-Ride facility which is only used for two days during the Games; yesterday and today. I think he said it was being used for Ibrox and once the last cars have left tonight that's it for Braeshead's part in the Commonwealth Games. But as the security guy said that's not the end of the story.

Because it's a Park-and-Ride facility, they've put some portaloos up there. And because the portaloos are defined as "movable assets" they have to be guarded. Around the clock. That's 24 hours a day. From when they were put in a couple of weeks ago to when they're taken out after the Games have ended. Not only that, but he said the cleaning contract means that someone has been in to clean them every day even though they haven't been used. And they'll be in to clean them long after they've been disconnected right up until they're taken away. So not only the best guarded toilets in Scotland but also the cleanest. Doesn't it warm the cockles of your heart when you hear stories like that?

Oh yes, one other thing while I'm on. You know by now that when we clock in for a shift we get allocated a car which has a colour code. That's purely arbitrary and it means we're in a different colour team - and with different people - every time we go in. Today I was in the red team ….. thank God it wasn't orange.

You just can't please some people. A week ago some of the drivers were moaning about the incessant "route training" and the lack of work. It was really busy today. The start of the athletics at Hampden Park, the marathon and the rain all added to the demand for cars. At about 4pm we had Control on the radio. "Calling all lilac cars, lilac cars. Please return to deport for end of shift". The leader of the orange team was straight in. "Control Control. My orange team left the depot before the lilac team this morning. So it's not fair that they're being called back for the end of shift before us. Please advise when we'll be called back to the depot!.

I won't bore you with the next few minutes. But it ended up with the orange team leader giving Control an ultimatum. Basically either call us back in the next few minutes or we're going to leave anyway. How sad when volunteering comes to this …..