One last post from me, before the Opening Ceremony. Of course I set up this blog predominantly for
the purpose of sharing pictures and videos of the action, so too many of these
text-only items would defeat the object of the exercise! And the fact that my talents as a writer are
less aligned to Homer’s Iliad and more aligned to Homer Simpson doesn’t
particularly help matters!
Anyway... when I wake up tomorrow morning, it will be 27th
July 2012. No single date in the
calendar has held more resonance for me since, I guess, 1st January 2000. The waiting will be over. The moment will have arrived.
I fully trust Danny Boyle to deliver a memorable
ceremony. It also needs to be unique
ceremony – it would accomplish nothing to simply copy the efforts of Beijing or
Sydney – those ceremonies were outstanding in their own right, but were
strictly unique occasions. This is a
great country... an at-times eccentric country... and I hope tomorrow for it to
be a spectacular country.
Who do I think will light the flame? Sir Roger?
Sir Steve? Or maybe Seb Coe and
Steve Ovett will be raised on a platform up to the cauldron, whilst performing
a pitch-perfect rendition of “Endless Love”, and will light the flame
together?
Sir Roger it is then...
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