Who's going to the Olympics?

[kay]

I intend to stay clear of London throughout the entire period. Possibly even the week before and after, just to be sure.

[particle-jim]

luckily i live just far out enough that it shouldn't really effect me to badly... big up da suburbs innit

[LA_Boxers]

luckily i live just far out enough that it shouldn't really effect me to badly... big up da suburbs innit

Gwarn the Burbs.

[clifford_-]

luckily i live just far out enough that it shouldn't really effect me to badly... big up da suburbs innit

thats what i thought. no escaping it for the deep surrey heads. wish i still lived in kent!

[jaydot]

No.

[murky21]

we get to work at home during olympics also, more reasons to love it

[farman]

Got me some boxing tickets

Live in tooting, work in mayfair Summer is going to be a sweaty gooch i expect.

[clifford_-]

Got me some boxing tickets

Live in tooting, work in mayfair Summer is going to be a sweaty gooch i expect.

i wouldnt mind watching the boxing actually. about the only thing id be interested in..!

[kay]

I can probably have a room to rent out if anyone wants to escape from London

[LA_Boxers]

I can probably have a room to rent out if anyone wants to escape from London

Its only like 2 weeks isnt it??

[meanmrcustard]

I'm seriously considering renting my place out for bare bucks and going on a ridiculous holiday with my profits during the Olympics.

Unless I manage to get tickets in the next sale, then I'd go to my Mum's.

[kay]

I can probably have a room to rent out if anyone wants to escape from London

Its only like 2 weeks isnt it??

Yeah I think so. But a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG 2 weeks. Filled with even more tourists than usual. And jubilantly celebrating how their sportspeople are better than ours.

[farman]

Got me some boxing tickets

Live in tooting, work in mayfair Summer is going to be a sweaty gooch i expect.

i wouldnt mind watching the boxing actually. about the only thing id be interested in..!

Yeah should be a good crack!
Anyone know about the olympics policy on cameras and recording there?
Monopod and a 300mm lens for getting stills and videos of face punching would be sweet!

[scattybeanhead]

my mum won grade A tickets to the athletics and she's taking me! well excited, wanted to go so much, just seeing the stadium is gonna be awesome. but london is gonna be fucked for like a month so gonna have to go somewhere else for a bit...

[AxeD]

[Mr Hyde]

No definite tickets yet but going to Diving and Cycling test events in the next few weeks.

For anyone moaning about it and saying they want to get away- London gets about 15 million foreign visitors every year (so more than1 million a month in the summer months) and is a city with a metropolitan area of 12-14 million. 850,000 people have bought tickets, not every event is in London and many of the people going are from London and UK (so a lot less than 1 million extra during the Olympics), there are even reports that foreign holiday bookings to London are down over the olympic weeks. The main stadium has an 80,000 capacity- less than Wembley and not far off plenty of the London football clubs, life doesn't become shit when they are used every week does it?!? London will handle it fine, even if it is a bit busier than usual then it's 2 weeks of your life for something that really is a once in a lifetime thing to have in your home city. Nothing to moan about- embrace things rather than looking for negatives.

[defoxster]

No definite tickets yet but going to Diving and Cycling test events in the next few weeks.

For anyone moaning about it and saying they want to get away- London gets about 15 million foreign visitors every year (so more than1 million a month in the summer months) and is a city with a metropolitan area of 12-14 million. 850,000 people have bought tickets, not every event is in London and many of the people going are from London and UK (so a lot less than 1 million extra during the Olympics), there are even reports that foreign holiday bookings to London are down over the olympic weeks. The main stadium has an 80,000 capacity- less than Wembley and not far off plenty of the London football clubs, life doesn't become shit when they are used every week does it?!? London will handle it fine, even if it is a bit busier than usual then it's 2 weeks of your life for something that really is a once in a lifetime thing to have in your home city. Nothing to moan about- embrace things rather than looking for negatives.

I've got tickets to the cycling (Keirin for those that care) & cant wait to get down to the velodrome. Gonna try & catch the road race & marathon as well!

[magma]

No definite tickets yet but going to Diving and Cycling test events in the next few weeks.

For anyone moaning about it and saying they want to get away- London gets about 15 million foreign visitors every year (so more than1 million a month in the summer months) and is a city with a metropolitan area of 12-14 million. 850,000 people have bought tickets, not every event is in London and many of the people going are from London and UK (so a lot less than 1 million extra during the Olympics), there are even reports that foreign holiday bookings to London are down over the olympic weeks. The main stadium has an 80,000 capacity- less than Wembley and not far off plenty of the London football clubs, life doesn't become shit when they are used every week does it?!? London will handle it fine, even if it is a bit busier than usual then it's 2 weeks of your life for something that really is a once in a lifetime thing to have in your home city. Nothing to moan about- embrace things rather than looking for negatives.

Unless you live in Stratford or next to another venue, I can't see it making a huge impact... we do love a good fuss, us Brits. I suspect Crossrail works, strikes and never-ending water main replacement will put more people out than the Olympics this summer, but we won't notice them that much either. London's a very resilient city!

I'm starting to get a bit excited about going thanks to this thread.

[RightOnTime27]

awh i wanted it to go to chicago so bad

[Trichome]

i have this 50p

and i really want to spend it