Sir Steven Redgrave did the honour of lighting the Olympic flames before individually lighting seven torches, each held by young British athletes waiting to take their place in the scheme of things in years to come

Mohammed Ali brought tears to my eyes...... In his days as 'The Greatest"........
He did
 'Float like a butterfly"
"Sting like a bee"
He was 'The Greatest!"

Two hundred and four nations under one roof........ WOW!

Great Britain......finally!
I know.......I was going to bed........but how can I not see our boys and girls.....GO TEAM GB!

Chinese Taipei
Tajistan
United Republic of Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Lese
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Then someone announced fifteen minutes before Team GB........F*** this......I'm of to bed mate!

St Kitts and N......

St Lucia

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome ......

Saudi Arabia 

Senegal...... all over six feet tall!

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda

Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar

Oman

Namibia

Niairu

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Madigaska????

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Federated States of ......

Republic of Moldavia

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambic

M????

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

L

Lithuania

Luxembourg 

Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakzan
Kenya
Kiribas
Republic of Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgiztan

Iceland
Independent Athletes under the Olympic flag
India
Indonesia
Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy

Haiti

Honduros

Hong Kong, China

Hungary

Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Busal
Guyana

Finland

Former Yugoslavia Republic......

France

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guninea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Democratic People's of Korea

Democratic Republic of ........

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
People's Republic of China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote D'Voire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic

Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovia
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Daruss......
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

Here comes the athletes.......
Greece
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
America Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan

Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean, playing 'The Chariots of Fire" on the piano......LOVE HIM!

21:29.......The queen has just parachuted......yes, parachuted with James Bond into Stratford........ HILARIOUS!

21:00.......... The time for the biggest show has just began!
And where am I?
Behind the security of home, after taking the advice of the voice coming from the loud speaker...... "Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to see the ceremony I would advice you to either go and watch it on your television or go to Stratford Park!"
And as I didn't fancy doing the latter, I went home

The serenity that I felt along Leytonstone High Road soon disappeared as we ventured nearer to Stratford station
The human traffic was paramount, every inch of pavement was covered by a sea of bodies.

In my excitement of the Olympic opening ceremony, I decided to take a stroll towards Stratford station ..........boy was it one of my worst decisions !
Why? you may ask......... the stroll on Leytonstone High Road was rather pleasant, hardly any traffic, both on the road and on the pavement. The air is warm and a tad humid!
The Olympic village seemed a million miles away

I've just seen the inside of the Olympic village......WOW! Very impressive, a tailored 'Manmade' village, with all facilities........ to cater for all the athletes, their managers, trainers and friends WOW!........is an understatement

It's been seven years in the making.....,. Some say 'Yes' whilst some still have reservations

Bells all over Britain, both big and small, rang for three minutes to welcome this evening's opening ceremony of the 'Greatest show' in town

I heard on Sky News that American's first lady, Michelle Obama is here giving moral support to Team USA.........In my opinion...... They b***** well need it!

I'm not quite sure who will be doing the honour of lighting the Olympic flame but the public have been told of five possibilities;
* The Queen
* Sir Steven Redgrave
* Sir Roger Bannister
 * Daley Thompson
* David Beckham
In my opinion, I would let the Queen do the honours, after all, it's her 'Year'

The Olympic torch has done its round It made its first passung through Stratford last Saturday, twenty-first of July - it was carried by a British triple jumper, Phillip Idowu, who is also a resident of the borough (London Borough of Newham) The torch did its round through the London borough of Greenwich Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest before returning to Stratford for its final role.......

I am lucky to be based in Stratford and privileged to be right in the forefront of the Olympic Village. The 2012 Olympics has finally began..... And without saying, the olympic games was welcomed by 'RAIN' It just wouldn't be British without our unpredictable weather!