Friday, August 3, 2012


Wednesday 25th
Quiet day in the flat and Emily and Caro came over here for dinner.

Thursday 26th

Checked out where the Olympic flame relay was going to be today, the 2nd last day of the relay and decided to go to Holland Park over near Kensington cos thought the AbFab women might have been running a leg there (tho turned out they did it in Kings Rd).   

Had a nice cruise thru the two Oxfam shops in Kensington High street but very Kensington prices and only bought a small insulated lunch bag (since previous one was used for scallops in Islay, the smell of which was impossible to remove !) before heading into Holland Park where there was a great carnival atmosphere. There was a whole kids sports programme on the cricket field and orchestra and opera singers outside the Opera House in the park. All terribly English with conductor wearing straw boater, children invited up to conduct and rousing choruses of “Jerusalem”

People were lined up about 3 deep when the runner a local girl with the  flame came through, surrounded by 3 other runners on each side,  and the crowd which included lots of children cheered and waved their Union Jacks madly. Of course we met another NZ woman in the crowd.

We then walked on through Holland Park, which was very beautiful area with some wild areas and a beautiful  Japanese garden, and out on to Bayswater road where the flame relay  was to come back from a loop around Shepherds Bush. This time we saw the whole carry on that travels in front of it, rather like the carvanne that preceeds the Tour de France, sponsors vehicles with music and dancing girls and boys, lots of security and police presence. Heaps of people here also, everyone cheerful and waving flags.

Home again on 328 bus.


No comments:

Post a Comment