Wednesday 11 July 2012

Olympic Torch - Day 54

The Olympic flame came to our part of the world this afternoon. Following hot on the heels of the Winchester Festival more commonly known as the hat fair, this meant the town was in full celebratory mode. The anticipation  of the Olympic entourage was swathed in patriotic excitement; such  a fantastic atmosphere and the sun even remembered to shine as we waited in the beautiful surroundings to share our historic moment. 




The atmosphere started with  entertainment by a group from the middle ages.


Girls giggled  and postmen perched as we waited  by the side of the road.



























A little boy made us all smile.



The Olympic entourage began with police motorbikes,  closely  followed by different buses adding to the momentum with loud music and lots of waving. 


Live footage on the side of the coach!


We were in prime position to see the flame and cheer the bearer on.




Then suddenly it was all over.



Our Olympic moment - an amazing experience!

Have you seen the flame?

13 comments:

  1. Looks like so much fun! The torch is coming our way at the end of the month.

    Gemma xx

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    1. enjoy - it really was amazing -although the flame went past in a flash!

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  2. Yes it came through Reading again this morning,It was over really quickly wasnt it..

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    1. soooo fast (and a bit of a disappointment) but the atmosphere of the day was great!

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  3. Very exciting! I love Winchester, such a pretty town. The flames comes to Guildford on the 20th.
    Victoria xx

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  4. wonderful pictures i didnt see it but my daughter did ,she did say though they had a long walk to see it and it went by in a flash but at least she saw it xxxx

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    1. Exactly what we thought but I was so lucky that it went almost outside a friends house - much easier! x

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  5. I feel so mean now, but I didn't take mine in the end. Lots of people went to Basingstoke to see it. Ho hum. We're going to an event though, so perhaps that'll make up for it - and the kids seemed to have lots of fun at school :-). If you enjoy street festivals, it's the Overton Sheepfair this weekend - lots of fun for everyone!!

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    1. That sounds fun, might pop up. Mine all got a day off school so couldn't not take them! x

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  6. We did ... and I felt surprisingly emotional for some reason! M x

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  7. It looks like a great atmosphere there. We didn't go to see it when it came to Leeds, we had lots of other things going on the same weekend.

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    1. It had such a fantastic community feel, but am glad wasn't on a busy weekend! x

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  8. What great photos! It looks like there was a fantastic atmosphere!
    Carly
    x

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