The Real Relay

Yes! I went , I watched, I witnessed! (Difficult after a friend's 60th birthday party on Saturday at Barluga!) but I dragged H1 out of bed and we went to the Tyne Bridge just in time to see Julia Smith run from Tynemouth along the north bank with the baton and hand it to Nigel Fishburn who ran off in the direction of South Shields.

Tyne Tees Television were there on the Tyne Bridge filming the handover just below the Olympic rings; the rings are up on the arch of the Tyne Bridge and apparently cost the taxpayers £100,000 ; they are there because we are an Olympic city- ie we have some football matches at St James' Park.

You can follow the Real Relay route (via Google) to see where/who etc as they have a GPS system in the baton. All the runners have paid a £10 fee to be donated to charity.