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Could we please have an Olympic Torch update from Biscuiteers..
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberDo I have to? It's going through some of the dodgiest parts of Dundee, and I quite like all four wheels to remain ON my car.
Posted 1 year ago # -
shitsu_tonka
offlineMemberTorch was in Plymouth on Saturday.
Pre-torch - potholes in the roads were fixed and lots of other repairs and cleaning happened that the council had been refusing to do however one whiff of Olympic smoke and suddenly they found the cash to make the place nice.
There was Union Jacks, cheering and many Coca-Cola minions thrusting cans of evil into spectators hands because they are sponsoring the torch. Or so I was told, didn't go look myself because I couldn't be arsed.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Ironduke
offlineMemberSaw it in Bodmin. Unbelievable number of police, at least fifty passing by, in cars and vans or controlling crowds. Three vans of sponsors- Coke, Samsung, Lloyds- with smiling young people in garish t-shirts and microphones trying to sound jolly and whip up the crowds, to the general sneers of all onlookers.
The most amusing part was the speed with which everyone departed once it passed...a quick clap from those not cameraphoning it, then a collective slightly underwhelmed sigh and off we toddle.Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberFreebies?
In that case, I'm in.Posted 1 year ago # -
Midfield Diamond
offlineMemberA colleague saw it in Ilchester, Somerset at about 8 o'clock this morning; it had already done Ilminster and Yeovil; Somerton was next. The office is now adorned with a little flag with a union jack on one side and the Samsung logo on the other; I suspect my colleague stole it from a small child.
I must admit that I hadn't realised that the flame travels by truck between the places where it is to be paraded. Then they light the torch for the first bearer who carries it a few 100 yards before using it to light another for the next one and so on until they are out of the village. Then all back on the truck and off it goes to the next venue. If I'd thought about the distance it is travelling and how long they have until the games, I suppose it all makes sense. Not exactly what I had in mind though.
Posted 1 year ago # -
beau-jolly
offlineMemberI like this ideas Gero but have a sneeking suspicion that it is a way to find out where everyone lives and plot them on a map - which would be quite cool - Anyway its bloody ages before the flame comes through Shaftesbury. Despite going up through the west country it's going to Ireland and Scotland before it gets back down here again. It will be intersting to see if a new wave of hysteria has been whipped up or whether by the end of July we have all forgotten about it and moved on. Ask me in few week's time.
Posted 1 year ago # -
weematt
offlineMemberGer, I am suffering from 'over-long Olympic build-up' fatigue. Please excuse the rantlette.
I wish this thread all the best, already it is providing some light relief.
Regarding the bowling, you have misinterpreted the gravatar. It illustrates the picking up of the shot prior to putting. This was in the days before lycra, hence the quaint track suit.
Posted 1 year ago # -
waylandsmithy
offlineMemberFor its stint through Cheshire, we're replacing it with a patio heater.
Posted 1 year ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberStill no sign of it round here. Keeping an eye out.
Posted 1 year ago # -
waylandsmithy
offlineMemberThe official Olympic diversion signs and barriers arrived in Congleton today, one hour early! A lot of hi-viz twats on overtime mooching about. Didn't see the torch as I am at work, and I have seen fire before.
Apparently it costs around £150k for a town to host the Coca-Cola flame, but LOCOG will give grants up to £50k. Unfortunately, the grant can onlye spent with approved LOCOG bunting suppliers, who are 3 times the price and kick some of the money back to LOCOG.
Posted 11 months ago # -
beau-jolly
offlineMemberAha! Beartown. Is the brewery still going?
Posted 11 months ago #
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