London 2012 Olympic Park Tour Can The Olympic Games provide a lasting legacy for those in London’s East End? Will the 500 acre Olympic Park and surrounding boroughs become a ‘destination’ to rival the West End of the city? On our post Jubilympic Tour of London, we walked around the perimeter of the Olympic Park [...]
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View from The Shard London
The View from The Shard London If you’ve been to London lately you might have noticed a new addition to the capital’s skyline. Towering above the regular icons between London Bridge and Tower Bridge is a sculptural building surrounded by giant shards of glass. And from February 2013, you can whizz up to its panoramic [...]
Talking Point 5: An Old Place with New Eyes
Talking Point 5: An Old Place with New Eyes This photograph was taken this week when we climbed high above the 02 building in London and leaned out over the capital at dusk. It was one of those magic moments, made even more special because I hadn’t expected to enjoy it so much. When I [...]
A Jubilympic Halloween Christmas Half Term
A Post Jubilympic Half Term So we kind of missed the Olympics. And the Jubilee. And I feel bad about that; not very patriotic really. We did make a bit of an effort watching the torch procession and joining in with some beacon lighting, but we didn’t really get involved or support the main events. [...]
Am I falling in love with Wenlock & Mandeville?
Falling in love at London Olympic Park I never thought we’d have anything to do with The London 2012 Olympics. Our summer expedition to Iceland was always scheduled to clash with both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. But in the last few days I’ve unexpectedly bumped into the torch relay in Windermere, attended the spectacular [...]
Lake District passion, percussion and pyrotechnics
London 2012 Festival in Windermere The World Premiere of the North’s contribution to the London 2012 Festival, ‘On The Night Shift’, was billed as a fusion of fire, motion and rhythm. But if you hold an outdoor event in the English Lakes, you can expect water to play a part too. And while the rain [...]
Has the Olympic Torch lost its way?
Has the Olympic Torch lost its way? Tonight the Olympic flame floated across Windermere. It was a historic moment that brought a lump to my throat, and the moment found me and the kids dashing away from Katy B on the stage, to see the real star of the Olympic Torch Relay. The Modern Olympic [...]
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