General Chat

.....is in Monmouth tomorrow morning, Vics going down, don't think l will, be too crowded. But fantastic atmosphere :)) l'll make sure he has he camera:)

Our local lad is doing the Abergavenny route now so Vic will miss him. Don't know why its been changed:((

Daughter has just managed to get tickets for the Olympic Park, she's so excited. She, Vic and her partner also have tickets for the womens footie final:))
They're going to try and get some for the British Trials too:)) she's mad on sport, used to compete alot for her county:)

:-) x

i was asked by two companies i do a bit of work for
if i wanted my photo taken with the torch and i decined

Now thats a shame, would have been a lovely momento:))

:-D

jude i am not interested in sport in any way
would of made me a hypocritein my eyes :-D

Mmmm ok:))

Must admit l like sport but gawd not as much as Vic and the kids:)) :-D

i am happy for people who do enjoy it jude :-D

have no idea if it's coming here - suppose it is, but not wishing to sound like Victor Meldrew, I'm just not interested

the state this country is in, and Europe in general, I feel it's a gross waste of money

yours sincerely

Victor Meldrew :-D :-D

It's just south of me about now, my brother-in-law is marshalling the route. Having seen the convoy thats with it you have to wonder how we the UK can afford it, the fuel & police escort alone must be in the thousands.

We seem to be good at wasting money :-(

Quite agree re the cost as also with the Jubilee, but its still nice to have some sort of celebration....good for the community spirit etc:)

jujde :-)

It's in the town where I shop tomorrow, so I'll give it a wide birth.....can't be doing with all the crowds, tho actually , if I walked to Asd*, I could have a vantage point, as there is a pathway from said shop up to the road and nature pathway that brings me back home . ( There's a bench at the top so I wouldn't have to stand)
I guess some locals may have the same idea tho :-|
Dau wants to use her lunch break to go and see it, don't know where she is going to park tho ! I bet it will be chaos !

Yep Eyeore, I agree, it does make you wonder how we as GB can afford it all, in the state our economy is in.

Sorry, I can't get excited about it.
It's not the Olympic Torch: it's a series of torches lit one from another.

And the idea of sending a convoy of sixteen vehicles with about a hundred people on board for a seven week tour round the Country is ludicrous. The environmental and financial cost is crazy.

Still agree with the money spent and the amount of vehicles, police etc used....but still think the community spirit is amazing and needed:)

jude :-)

Theres 8 thousand of those torches
or so i was told could be wrong


i bet they were made abroard and imported :-D

They were made in Coventry !!!

I'm amazed they didn't source them overseas...it'd have been cheaper.

Eeyore...thats interesting:)

Getting excited, not long now :-) :-)

To some of the Torch Bearers its as if they have won the Olympics and received a GOLD MEDAL.... :-) :-)

A 16 yr old is doing his A levels this morning then carrying the torch later. He was chosen because of his help in looking after his 2 autistic brothers, his mum nominated him:)))
So many bearers have been chosen for things they have done, or because they can't etc etc...it means the world to them. Community Spirit at its best :-)
l know there are lots of other things that go on with community spirit in mind, but this is also world wide excitement and for sport minded people its great:)
Could'nt sleep last night cause l'm excited:))

jude xx :-)

you do make me laugh Jude :-) I wondered why you were posting so late!! It's in Cardiff today apparently but after my wanderings around your neck of the woods yesterday I could just about manage some enthusiasm for the lighting f a match!!

I think I'm jut too old for all this hype - how' Jean by the way?

Sob* they managed to get it through Gloucester without our assistance yesterday. Missed it! Would not have gone to see it but I read somehwere that when the torch was in one area in the S West, can't remember where, the local economy benefitted by a huge amount so maybe it is not all bad news, people flocking to see it and then spending money locally can't be bad.

apparently they are already for sale on eBay

The toorch bearers are here today thro my nearest town ,which I have just 'escaped' from , it nut's there already. I can't hack the hassle.

The torch bearers are a young 21 yr disabled lad who uses a wheelchair, from a neighbouring town. He has many Judo awards, but sadly was paralysed in a car accident at aged 16 .

A 14 yr old lad who became the youngest deputy Mayor at aged 11, of a adjacent borough , nominated because of his charity work.

And a Dutch 25 yr old female Synchronized swimmer, whose dream was to go to the Olympics ,but the team no longer exists..
Excuse me , but why is she running the torch in my nearest town ?
I beggars belief.

I am going to walk over and have a nosey>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..
Must go to get vantage point????!!!!! from 100 yds away.

Sandie.