Olympics

Saturday 10 July 2010

OK, so the sun is out, just about, there is a bit of cloud to keep the temperature just about bearable. But there are not walkers for the 10AM walk. What am I doing wrong?

There were no walks last weekend, as the Guide needed a weekend off, but the St Pauls Carnival took place. The official website can be found here. An estimated 70,000 people attended and only a few arrests. A week later and there is still loads of broken glass in at least one public area. It was being swept up, but only part seems to have been done.

However ... the Guide is planning to apply to become a volunteeer for the 2012 London Olympics. Applications start in September so come back and see if the application was successful or not. The London 2012 home page is here.

The Cathedral bells are ringing this morning. Try this link to listen to the wonderful sound. There is a special service to commemorate 100 years of aviation history. To find out more about this here. Bristol has been declared the birthpalce of aviation in the UK.

So after another stint in the library. Let's see if anyone, other than the Guide wants to walk at 1.00pm.

Just seens photos of Paul Gascoigne (sometime 'genius' football [soccer] player). He's 43 now, but to my mind looks at least 10 years older.

No one for the 1.00pm walk so spent time in the library again, this time reading: Two Penn'orth of Poison by Penny Deverill. and the current edition of Archaelogy magazine (July issue). Reading about the foreshore of the River Thames, and how the river itself is uncovering atefacts, how best to preserve these and whether they should be left in situ or moved to the Museum of London, also in the same publication 'The Devant Dead' - Roman Britain's unusual burials.