One way to the UK?

Today, Sunday 6 April the Olympic Torch came on it’s journey through London. Naomi, a colleague of mine from when I used to work for 2012 and I met up at Canary Wharf (with me running late) JUST in time to see the Flame being run by….. the torch-bearer was surrounded by that many bloody policemen and assistance-runners that I barely saw the thing! I was quite disappointed! Instead of trying for a photo I captured some video of the torch running past, however you have to look really hard to see it being held by a little man in red, surrounded by the aforementioned police and assistance runners. Hmm yes, not happy with what we could see!

I guess though, it’s a little understandable after the TV footage that’s been shown all day showing police tackling Free Tibet protestors to the ground when they tried to blockage the torch’s path and also one tried to run up and physically snatch the torch from a runner – so I’d say by the time it got to Canary Wharf where we were waiting, security had indeed been beefed up! Even the rubbin bins around inside the Wharf had been removed in case of terrorism attacks etc.

Still, it’s a good thing to watch – the Olympic torch in London, as the next time it will be here is for ‘our’ very own Summer games in 2012!

Well that’s about it for now – I’m finishing watching the second half of a great show “Casualty 1907” which is a film of The London Hospital in the time of plague and medicating patients with brandy and of people dying left-right-and centre. The London is still located just up the road from where we live in East London…. hopefully things have changed a bit since then, but after working for the NHS a few months I’m not completely convinced! hahaha especially as my friend had his head operated on last week and when going back to get the dressing changed he got in trouble for not bringing back his own bandage to re-use… hmm sterilisation standards anyone?

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