The Olympics

I thought the opening ceremony was so eccentric and so British! I thought it was technically brilliant- and how did they get all those dancing and singing volunteers eg all those doctors and nurses from the NHS and children from Great Ormond Street Hospital , to stay hush and not let the cat out of the bag?

We are walking such a lot out in the shire that I have not had time to scribe my blog; we have been out to Vindolanda which was rather soggy (a good year to miss digging!); we have walked at Falstone, Pallion (a Metro walk), several sections of the coast......

..... also we have just returned from St. James' Park after supporting New Zealand in the Olympic football match against Brazil; alright so the Kiwis lost 3-0 but the atmosphere was family and fun. Well organised with lots of security but we only took minutes to get through the whole procedure and we were in. It was like United Nations with people of every nationality, colour and creed there- Ab fab!

Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome have just won gold and bronze in the time trials... the hockey is on..... what date does the Olympics finish and I will find time to blog then?!