Category Archives: London 2012

London prepares – Wheelchair tennis at Eton manor

Posted on May 14, 2012 by SallyJ

Eton Manor is as impressive as its name suggests, a great outdoor tennis facility. The courts, sporting their navy blue playing area, sky blue surrounds, and bounding boards of fuchsia pink are a sight in their own right…the colour scheme … Continue reading →

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Where are all the people?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by SallyJ

Arrival (London Prepares…Sat 5th May 2012) Empty trains, empty platforms , no sign…I quickly checked the ticket , the instructions duly downloaded from Google. This was the right station , on the right day and it was still early morning. … Continue reading →

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Olympic Storyteller – latest challenge

Posted on May 2, 2012 by SallyJ

The latest challenge for the BT Olympic Storytellers was to pin down what puts the Great in Great Britain and to describe our greatest team for 2012. My piece was commended….so just off the podium this time! London 2012…the Greatest … Continue reading →

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Silver!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by SallyJ

It seems to me that ‘Olympics’ is fast becoming a word not to use and a subject not to talk about. It is fashionable to be anti the Games with talk of inequalities, no ticket availability, cost, disruption and on … Continue reading →

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