It was a glorious warm summer's afternoon with brass bands, men on stilts, school children parading, creative art displayed, a fly past and the torch passing down the High Street. The atmosphere was electric and I was glad that I took the time to go.
Di xo
Cool! The girls school is going to bus down and see the torch when it passes through Buckingham. Glad it was such a great experience.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! It hasn't been down to us yet but it is supposed to go right past our house so we will be watching it!
ReplyDeleteBet that was great! Where was it? My brother and his family are very ba humbug about the olympics so they wouldn't have gone!! Its coming to Chelmsford and Colchester 6th July: am hoping to see it at some point
ReplyDeleteI'm toying with the idea of going to see it when it comes through Oxford. I'm a bit anti olympics but my other half was in the North East when it came through and he said the atmosphere was amazing.
ReplyDeleteLooks such a happy celebration - its funny to see the same olympic folks in your photos who were in mine too!!!
ReplyDeleteOh I may have to relent and go see it off in the morning :) But then again ... Glad you enjoyed it, looks like it was a wonderful experience :)
ReplyDeleteOooo we are hoping to go this afternoon - let's hope it sunny then as well!
ReplyDeleteWe have the torch coming through on Monday morning ...I'm looking forward to it :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're so lucky! I love the Olympics-- I can't wait to watch! One of my life goals is to someday witness some of the festivities.
ReplyDeleteI remember when the Olympic torch came through my town for the 2010 Winter Olympic in Vancouver. It travelled throughout Canada and my province -British Columbia- and there was a contest you could enter to have an opportunity to be a torch bearer. Problem was there was no guarantee it would anywhere near where you live. It was very exciting and great atmosphere. They closed a few blocks in out town and had a stage set up for presentations and entertainment. A fun night and nice to see a lot of people out for it. It was interesting to see that they had a crew of people that went ahead of the actual torch bearer and handed out souvenirs, flags and other stuff getting the crowd pumped and ready for when the torch actually passed by. Looked good in photos that's for sure.
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