please empty your brain below
Fantastic photos - so much colour!

RogerW | 30.08.12 - 5:42 a.m. | #

I was in a similar position to you in category D seats and thought I had a really good view. Not certain that the view from the three tiers of more expensive seats would have been any better. I had a look from the lower level and you couldn't actually see the patterns being made by the cast.
I think that for many events LOCOG have 5 price bands when in reality they don't make sense.

Brian | 30.08.12 - 7:47 a.m. | #

I thought you would be there.It must have been quite chilly sitting in the stadium last night. I wonder if the Queen had a fan heater at floor level,which we could not see, or maybe the drinks kept her warm. I watched on Channel 4 (HD) but went to bed before the end setting up the recorder first. I am watching the last part this morning as I type this.
The effort and time you have put in to keep us informed of the Olympic and now the Paralympics is amazing. I wonder how you get all the energy, especial having just completed a trip to 9 seaside resorts in one day-by public transport.
I hope the athletes in these games have a successful event, they probably have had to work harder to reach there goals than fully able people.

John | 30.08.12 - 7:50 a.m. | #

I suppose the people who left before the end may have come from further away and have much longer journeys home than you dg. As you have already stated that is is all happening "just down the bottom of my road".

John | 30.08.12 - 8:13 a.m. | #

I remember they tried to teach dances to lots of the songs during the closing ceremony too, which didn't work for similar reasons.

Though several of them worked fine in the practice bit, and then everyone just promptly forgot they were supposed to do them in the show. And hardly any of them were broadcast anyway.

SamB | Homepage | 30.08.12 - 9:18 a.m. | #

Staggered downstairs this morning to a pile of uneaten apples in our front room - the crunch moment came too late for any of us to be able to face eating them. Lovely to once more dash into our street (in Stratford) along with many of our neighbours to watch the fireworks.

We are taking my mum to the park today using some of the Olympic Park tickets. Have printed off your park guide to make sure we don't miss out on the artworks. When we went to a technical rehearsal of the Olympic Opening Ceremony I was too nervous (teenage son playing Elgar/ Underworld with the LSO) to take much in.

Thanks for all your coverage,


Joan

peabrainmum | 30.08.12 - 9:28 a.m. | #

I was one of those who left during the last song..because all of the tfl information online was telling me last tube was around 12.30. I wouldn't have made that, but tubes were running late so managed to get home around 2.

Here's all my photos from the cheap seats http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelc/sets/72157631314010680/

Rachel | Homepage | 30.08.12 - 10:39 a.m. | #

Possibly the best £125 I've ever spent. On previous occasions I've been sat in the south-west (more or less) so it was good to see the action from a different spot (block 246/row 53).

Even now I'm still wondering how on earth I didn't notice the Alison Lapper reproduction being taken into the stadium despite seeing the whole damn thing with my own eyes.

As for the apples, well...hey, who am I to refuse free sustenance?

The lighting of the Paralympic cauldron and the crescendo of fireworks at the end capped off a spectacular night. My post-Olympic comedown has been well and truly cast into the abyss.

[P.S. I spotted a 2012 Games Maker in Olympic dress, and I have almost 20GB of video, which consumed all 3 of my Li-ion batteries.]

Edvid | 30.08.12 - 11:17 a.m. | #

The Ch4 commentary was most useful if you wanted to be aware of who was at war and with whom at the moment and how many people had died so far in their conflicts.
Mr BW

Mr BW | 30.08.12 - 1:07 p.m. | #

I've got to be honest, I found it completely dull, as if they blew all the budget on the olympics opening ceremony and put this together as an afterthought.

Couldn't get a grip on what was happening, maybe I was just tired it being so late.

Agree with C4 commentary, Jon Snow was really showing off his knowledge of warring African states.

SJM | 30.08.12 - 3:52 p.m. | #

I was there too, and my wife was one of the (many) volunteer performers. Thought it was fantastic (just caught a glimpse of the plane from where we were sitting). Completely understood that they wanted to have the athletes in the stadium for the main show, but it did take ages, and it felt as if they'd underestimated how long it would take to get everyone in - my 7-year-old son was flagging by Fiji. As a result we were among those who left (with regret, as I love Beverley Knight) just after the lighting of the cauldron. Don't really understand why they didn't start the whole thing an hour earlier - we got home (West Norwood) at 1.15am. But the conception and execution were absolutely beautiful - I have a feeling that "you had to be there" to truly savour some elements of it.

Lev Parikian | Homepage | 30.08.12 - 9:00 p.m. | #

@SJM
The Paralympics gets theoretical physics and The Tempest, the Olympics... well, The Spice Girls and Russell Brand. I wonder what that says about the organiser's opinion regarding the expected audience for each event?

Audrey | 03.09.12 - 5:29 p.m. | #











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