London Olympics 2012 vi

Huge day for us yesterday.

We packed up early and headed in to town to watch the women's triathlon in Hyde Park.

We caught the train to London Victoria and then walked the rest of the way, the transport was all very easy, there were crowds but it wasn't too crowded, just enough to create a great atmosphere. There was enough room that having the pram didn't cause any problems.

Our view, the cyclists coming through on their first lap

Pretty close aye! 

There were a couple of moments where I worried about knocking one of the cyclists over

We found a good spot where we could see the athletes approaching on the cycle leg and we saw them go past 5 times before going to find our spot to watch the run.

Our spot to watch the run wasn't as good, the crowds were huge by this point. We managed to get a view over the crowds from a small hill so were able to see who was coming and cheer out for the kiwis and we even cheered for the brits too, the atmosphere was amazing, the setting was too. A few photos below...

The crowds for the run

The stands and finish on the other side of the lake where the  the swim took place

Behind the hands of the person clapping is one of the kiwi girls

After the triathlon, we went for a coffee, picked up some sandwiches and headed back to Hyde Park. Sammies in the park before we went in to the BT Live Site which is basically like a massive music festival but with rather than music on stages it was big screens with the Olympics on it. It was free entry, they had pretty strict security but the atmosphere inside was great. Lot's of people lounging around, watching sport, eating icecream and enjoying the day out. 

There wasn't much in the way of good sport to watch, we ended up watching some beach volley ball. 

Cadbury is one of the big sponsors of the Olympics so we endulged in some Cadbury products. 

A bobby was holding someone's dog while they were in the porta loo

Relaxing in the park, English style

They had various sports set up, this was some cricket. 

Some swing ball

This looked fun, get zipped up in a big plastic ball and roll around on the water

This robot was carving things out of chocolate, this is a model of the shard, which is a new building in London. 

Jackie picking up some snacks

We then moved on, heading home, via a drink at a nice pub near our local train station. This was a great find actually, lots of space, very kid friendly so we'll probably be back there a bit more often. We watched a bit of cycling while we were there.

Then home, friends over for curry (delivered from Rajah Rowing Team - our favourite) and watching an amazing night of athletics with golds for Britain in the long jump, heptathlon and 10,000 metres. We cheered all of them, particularly Mo Farah winning the 10k. We saw him compete at Crystal Palace last year.

A big day for us, Theo loved it and is really getting in to the Olympic spirit, lots of cheering (screaming) and clapping!