Ellie is now...

...complete.

(Ooops - not sure what happened. I prepared this Tuesday and forgot to post it - doh!)

Just in time too as she arrived at the Paralympic village today (Tuesday) along with the rest of Team GB.
The office block over Westfield is now properly decorated.
This photo was taken at a strange angle from my office window - I wanted to show the flags and pennants that can be seen in the Olympic park.

Meet Kevin...
...Kevin works in my office - he is also a runner and raises lots of money for charity. He was a volunteer for the Olympics and was asked to do the Paralympics too. He came into work in uniform as he was due to report for duty that evening.
Although he already had a uniform from the first Games, he had new shirts and lanyard because of the different 'branding' (the organisers did save money on the jackets though - they issued a velcro patch to cover the original branding **giggle**).

Kevin is the colleague who has promised to share some of his super photos. As one of the folk incharge of the medal presentation teams he got to meet some very famous names - and got to hold their medals before they did.

As this post is now a couple of days later than intended, the Opening ceremony has taken place...I saw part but was so tired that I fell asleep and missed big chuncks of it. Another colleague was on duty for the ceremony and today he must be exhausted...he had to report for duty around 1pm yesterday and as the thing really over-ran I imagine he was there for well over 12 hours. Hope he remembered to book today off..........................................