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London 2012: women’s football
No comments on London 2012: women’s footballThis week’s Olympic experience has been all about the women’s football competition. I’d secured tickets to see one of the semifinals on Monday and for the final yesterday. Both at Wembley. Obviously I’ve been following the fortunes of team GB and was hoping for a chance to get to see them in the stadium so I was disappointed when they went out to Canada in the quarter-finals. This despite playing strongly and winning lots of…
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London 2012: Olympic medals
On the way to the football yesterday I stopped into the British Museum for an hour or so. I got a nice reminder that these Olympics that are having such a big impact now are inspired by our ancient past. With more similarities than you might at first think. The Museum are also currently running a small exhibition about Olympic medals. Along with some medals from earlier Games, they have these examples of the medals…
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London 2012: Watching Om
When I entered the lottery for Olympic tickets my strategy was to go for a range of cheaper tickets in what I perceived as being the less popular sports. That way I get a chance of securing access to one or two events. Which is how I ended up with tickets to see to the weightlifting on the morning of the first Sunday of the Games. What I had tickets for were the men’s 56kg…
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London 2012: experiencing the Olympics
This Olympic sport is very distracting. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the excitement of these London games. Amazing scenes. Inspiring performances. But it does get in the way of other things – blogging, getting work done etc. I sit down to write and there is something important happening in the velodrome. I deal with that and there is a crucial medal race at Eton Dorney. I get a break and end up watching the tight finish…
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The Olympic Torch in Luton
Early on Monday morning (9 July 2012) I went to watch the Olympic Torch be carried along Dunstable Road in Luton, not far from my house. The photos I took are below: More on the Olympic Torch in Luton can be found here: VIDEO: Day 51 of the Olympic Torch Relay – it’s Luton Hundreds line route as Olympic flame leaves Luton Source: This content was originally posted on my old Strange Thoughts blog.
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A big weekend for Luton: Love Luton Festival, Carnival and Olympic torch
I’ve been getting quite a few visitors here looking either for information about the procession of the Olympic torch through Luton or the date of this year’s Luton Carnival. In an attempt to be helpful here is some basic information about the events of this coming weekend and links to other sources of information. Friday 6th – In the evening there will be day one of the Love Luton Festival in Popes Meadow headlined by…
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Olympic torch to come to Luton
It was announced yesterday that the Olympic torch will visit Luton on the evening of Sunday 8 July 2012. This will be the focal point of a weekend of celebrations including Luton Carnival which will be moved from its usual date to the 7 July. More details are on the Council’s website Source: This content was originally posted on my old Strange Thoughts blog.
