General Chat

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 :-)

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.

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.

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 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 :-(

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

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

Mmmm ok:))

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

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

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

:-D

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

.....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