And it looks like we've made it.....

.....yes it looks like we've made to the end.

Got to love a bit of Blur. This song was always played at the end of the evening in my favourite nightclub in my "yoof".

Seems to be rather fitting and melancholy that I played it today. I am suffering with post Olympic blues. The last 16 days had been filled with joy, positivity, excitement, disappointment but most of all fun.
For once we were not subjected to an endless dribble of bad news.
For once Great Britian had something to feel good about, to hold its head up with pride rather than slink away shamefaced.
I never intended to get so caught up in the games. It was infectious. I am rather glad I did.

There's been lots written about the games but this piece in the Sydney Morning Herald sums it up for me.

"But what I will remember about these Olympics, beyond even the blur of Bolt or the manic exuberance of Sally Pearson, is the manner in which a nation with a bit more on its plate right now than judo and badminton rose to the occasion. Often quite literally, thanks to their inspiring athletes.

Well done you magnificent Pommy bastards."

Well said :)

There are thousands of pictures and endless minutes of footage that do more justice to the games than I ever could. So I shall instead share with you a video of some of the members of Team GB. You can't beat people who don't take themselves too seriously :)

Big Willie Style

We have just returned from a lovely holiday from near here. Pup2 was fascinated with the Cerne Abbas Giant and his big willy.

Sadly though his outline in chalk was quite dull and as such didn't show up as well as you can see in this pic.

After months of awful, awful wet weather we had a week of dry and reasonably sunny weather to be proud of.

I shan't bore you with anymore. Needless to say there are significantly more pics but I could be here all day. We spent the week in the caravan of death. The day after we arrived Pup2 decided to finally come down with the chicken pox I've been wishing her to contract for months. Husband was poorly with a terrible sore throat and Pup1 decided to puke everywhere on our penultimate night. Inspite of all of this we had a great time. Off again at the end of the month :) Here's hoping that holiday is illness free.

Just need a holiday now to recover from the holiday.