On 26/07/2012 22:04, Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:51:21 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:


On 26/07/2012 21:22, Recliner wrote:
[Maltese Lloyds TSB bus]
Here's my shot of it as it went past me yesterday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recline...in/photostream


It's was a bit more of an imaginative effort than the Coca Cola and
Samsung 'floats'.

I really enjoyed seeing the torch relay, and so did everyone else I know
who went to catch a glimpse. Barmy maybe, but great fun.

Yes, I was a bit cynical about this synthetic, commercial event, but
on the day, everyone loved it here, and apparently everywhere else.
Where I was, the security was low key, the police were friendly, and
it was even on time. It's a quiet suburban area, so not too many
spectators.

It's done a great job of bringing the Olympics to the many Brits who
would otherwise have only seen any of it on TV. And people really have
turned out for it in large numbers all over the country. I'm quite
jealous of the flame, which has seen some amazing sights. And also
full credit to the police escort runners, who must now be the most
filmed and photographed cops in the world. You can see how one of the
police runners was suspicious of my camera's noisy rapid fire shutter
and looked hard at me in this shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recline...57630743333584

As for the floats, I thought the Coke one was best. The Samsung one
looked more like a very high tech dusk cart.

For anyone who's interested, here's the set of my pics on the day:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recline...7630743333584/


Have the police running with the torch been the same ones throughout the
whole journey or have they changed by region?