I'm going to try to put some of it into words, but hell everyone I'm still buzzzzzzzzing, I haven't really slept since 4 O'Clock saturday morning, and I don't feel tired, I have just had the most amazing incredible 2 days. I've just crashed our system at work by sending out about 200 photo's of my experience.
Alarm goes off 4am Saturday, we have tickets for the red eye out of Norwich 6am, and have been told to be at the park 2 1/2 hours before the first event. I could run there the way I feel!!! Train was packed right from the start, lots of bleary eyed but expectant people, arrived at Stratford about 7:40am. ****ing hell; the people!!!!! There's thousands and thousands and thousands of people. Walk to the ground was about 15 minutes, EVERYONE is smiling, the greeters are smiling and shaking hands and kissing people, it's already very emotional!! Security took about 5 minutes thanks to the ARMY, big big thanks to them, they were fantastic, even if they did confiscate my water bottles, still don't get that!!!
Anyway WE'RE IN, we're in the Olympic park, me and Mrs Delia take time out for a hug, and are soon joined by a load of complete strangers, wtf? Still who cares, group hug, it seems the thing to do! I'm on a mission to explore everything, but first some coffee and breakfast, time out to calm down a bit! It's getting up for 9am now, get second coffee and go into the stadium to find our seats, WOW WOW WOW, it is sensational, take time to stand and stare, take it in, even though it'a only half full (first event 10am) the place is buzzing you can feel the excitement, it's in the structure, it's in the air, it's everywhere!! Find seats settle in take about 12000 photos! 9:30 Lady pole vaulters come out to warm up, and are greeted by a massive cheer, I have goosebumps and nothings happened yet.
Getting close to start time, the place is electric, I apologise in advance to the lady sitting to my right, as I will probably go mental when we get underway. Jess Ennis appears, CHRIST ALMIGHTY, the noise, the cheering, the place has gone mental, my turn now, I have the lady from my right in my arms and we're jumping up and down, I find my flag it's being waved to death. I look at the faces around me, people are actually crying and smiling and dancing. Still nothing's happened, just the athletes warming up!!! Hell Great Britain what a noise, what support, even I'm crying now!
Now it's all kicking off, Jess doing the long jump, 100m heats, Jess is cheered down the runway, the noise rising with every step, go Jess, even from where I'm sitting, it's a good one, the stadium is up and screaming, it's a PB jump, even louder noise, my ears are tingling, if fact everything is tingling. How the hell she is coping with this is beyond me, she waves to the stadium, we wave and cheer even louder back. 100m heats, the British runners get the same treatment, it is truely amazing. Bolt is in one of the last heats and gets his cheers and wins easily, funny, I don't get the same kick from him as for the Brits, still I guess it's our time, it's our games, this is our show and it's f*****g massive!
400m heats, Oscar Pistorius, the blade runner, is presented to the crowd, massive massive cheers for him, bloody hell can I take any more of this? I think I've regressed 45 years, I'm a loopy teenager again, having the time of my life!
Jess throwing the javelin now, every one of those Heptathlon girls are getting cheered, they are putting on one hell of a show, Jess throws close to her PB, and now leads by close to 200 points, it's in the bag it's got to be!!! She leaves the stadium to bedlam, EVERYONE is standing clapping, waving, cheering, leaping around! That's our session, we have to leave, I'm knackered, but buzzing!! Fantastic morning.
Going to explore the park now, sat and watched the Ladies tennis final on a massive screen by the river with 30,000 other people, had a look at the Aquatic centres, awesome buildings. Arrived at the Velodrome, it was just opening, needed some lunch so started to look round, spotted a ticket office, asked Mrs Delia if she fancied it if I could get tickets, why not she said, but don't go mad!!! Huh, mad is what today is all about, returned £200 poorer but with 2 tickets. How much she asked, Oh not too bad I said, it is finals today so it's worth it, I had forgotten the price is printed on the tickets, she's a bit arsey with me, but we got to see the 3 girls win gold! Once again the atmosphere was astonishing. **** the money it was worth it, as I've been telling everyone here. I WAS THERE!! and it was WONDERFUL!!!!!
Sundays report to follow!!
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