A welcome alternative

A year on, where did the time go ?They are holding the Anniversary Games in the Olympic Stadium with a high quality meeting but of course, there can be no comparison with the Olympic event.
The Olympics kicked off with a fantastic opening ceremony, we were all gob smacked after worrying about following the Beijing Games. The Chinese had produced a massive opening event with what seemed like a million automatons performing intricate choreographed movements to the oohs and aahs of the world audience watching on TV. 
Would we trundle out the London bus and people dressed as Beefeaters.
Well we succeeded in linking our past with the present using clever technology to present an equally impressive ooh and aah moment which had us feeling proud to belong to this small island.
For me although the athletes were the winners and rightly so, an equal and magnificent winner were the spectators who brought the Olympics alive. Wherever one looked, from the athletics stadium to the cycling velodrome,  from the rowing, to the streets, watching the marathon. The spectators ignited each event with an atmosphere that was contagious.
Today we had Usain Bolt proving he is really from another planet whilst our local (imported) Martian, Mo Farah was soon striding away from the ordinary mortals and showing everyone he is far from a flash in the pan.The spectators were very enthusiastic and cheered their heads off, it wasn't quite the Olympics,  I don't think there will ever be a repeat of that, but the sight of sexy, Samba gyrating Brazilian maidens in full view might be a welcome alternative.