Wanstead is an 'Event Zone' during the Olympics

I am not making this up. This is a sign in Capel Rd

"The Olympics as seen from Wanstead"

The Orbit with Wanstead Flats in front. I've tried to make it look as picturesque as I could. That UFO thing is a kite.

An Olympic Festival event is going to happen right outside our house...

http://www.london2012.com/join-in/whats-on/event=9000970537/index.htmx

It's Seb Coe! The Real One!

And some bloke who looks just like the Prime Minister!

http://www.apimages.com/Search.aspx?st=det&sort=date&ids=Britain%20London%202012%20Olympics%20Cameron&showact=events&prds=10135&intv=3d&sh=-6543&kwstyle=or&adte=1340759829&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND

From the blog archives: March 2012

This is from Pat's first training day for Gamesmakers.

Here's the great man himself addressing his acolytes...

The Olympics come to Wanstead at last

The official Olympic banners have been appearring along the High St, now that the Jubilee is over.

Wanstead House prices soar during Olympics...

This was in the Guardian today, showing rents in the Olympics area. There's a red splodge (= high rental cost) right over our house showing how expensive it is. Right at the top on the right, next to Wanstead tube. (Under where the key says '500-550').

There's another high price area where we used to live in Bow, maybe it's us who gentrify places

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/15/olympics-london-house-prices-rents#_

Spratt Hall Road on an Official Olympic Route!

That's quite exciting isn't it?

Oh, just me then..

From the blog archives: May 2011

Checking the stadium is where it should be

Outside the 'View Tube'

The Greenway / Northern Outfall Sewer Route. I bet this looks different in July...

The last version of the 'Pudding Mill Lane' 360 views

From the blog archives: Feb 2011

They were laying on trips round the site at this stage. There was still a lot to be done and it was a bit gloomy

An Olympic Gold Medal

Surprisingly stylish aren't they? Could be a bit shinier though...

The one on the right is for the Paralympics, it has a braille inscription on.

Trainee Olympic Torchbearer

This is the torch that was carried by Paul Dickinson: he was one of the the BBC commentators who messed up the flotilla commentary

Jubilympics!

While mindful of Buckingham Palace's request to keep the Games and the Jubilee separate occasions; here are some pictures of the Queen and the Royal Family at Epsom Downs  today...

Pat's hand is on the left and Will's head to the right. HMQ is in the back of the car.

Here's Princess Eugenie (or Beatrice. One of them, anyway), with the Duke of Edinburgh behind...

And this is Her Majesty watching the Derby winner. And that's Sophie Wessex's hat getting in her way on the left

It's only the Chief Executive of the Olympics Organising Committee!

Paul Deighton is the lucky man , meeting one of his uniform distributors..