A Shirt on Sunday: 2012 London Olympics
It's hard to believe it was seven years ago, but #London2012 was a big deal for us. My other half loves a big sporting event and so she went all out on getting tickets. We did pretty well. Between us we went to women's soccer, athletics, women's basketball, waterpolo and tennis. London was really buzzing. We took the train to most events and could get free transport to some within London. I am not generally one for waving flags, but I picked up this shirt when we stayed at a camp site in London as we had a couple of events to get to and it saved some traveling. I think it was cheaper than a lot of the merchandise we saw. It was very easy to buy a lot of souvenirs.
I also bought these guitar picks that will not get used, They seem too thin for me anyway.
Here I am in the stadium with the Olymic flame behind me. The things on the back of the seats were lights that were used in the opening and closing ceremonies.
The view was pretty good.
We used our camper van on that trip. We actually ended up leaving it one night as some friends were having an anniversary party in Luton that we could not miss. There were some very flashy campers there from around Europe.
It was a really fun period and we went to some of the Paralympics too. The kids really enjoyed it. We may not get opportunities like this very often, so we took full advantage.
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Steel plectrums?
I'd imagine that would ruin your strings very quickly. A plastic equivalent I can definitely see a use for.
It seems strange to have had a camp site within the M25, let alone in Stratford! Good idea though, for giving people more options for accommodation.
I've got a few metal plectrums, but I find they make a scratchy sound. People use them though. I think Phil Collen does and Brian May uses coins.
The camp site was a sports field near Hackney Marshes. I expect every type of accommodation did well that summer. I just read that area has seem a big rise in house prices.
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That is really cool. I think it would be neat get a chance to go to the Olympics sometimes . I am not sure which events I would like to go to. Probably the ones that are easiest to get tickets for! What do they use the stadium for now? Does it just sit there like the facilities at a lot of the other countries that have hosted the games?
We went for any events we could get. Some tickets were fairly cheap, but we were lucky to get that many. The main stadium is used by West Ham soccer club, but is still used for other athletics. We went to the World Championships there. The velodrome is nearby and is also still used.
Interesting!