Olympic torch through Bedford

Three hours early for the Olympic Torch meant that we were the only ones there and could pick our spot. It rained for the entire 3 hour wait as the pavements swelled with people trying to push to the front, but after 3 hours, we weren't giving up our front row spot on the embankment in Bedford. The warm up act of the sponsors were first, then it was the torch. If you blinked you would have missed it. She ran so fast! It was a 13 year old torch bearer who had her leg amputated. I couldn't believe how fast she was going! Union jacks were waved, cheers for every vehicle including the portaloo tanker, and then dispersed, hobbling back to the car.

World pride in London 2012

I do love pride, but in this phenominal year, it was World pride in London. We arrived early for our coffee shop meeting, then walked to our meeting point where we waited and waited and waited some more before we could start. We were in the green part of the rainbow, and trying to get 15,000 walkers to move took quite a long time. There is nothing like the feeling when we start walking in pride. It's so nice to walk through the streets of central London, down Oxford Street, Picadilly circus, Trafalgar Square while hand in hand. We twirled our umbrellas, blew our whistles and had an amazing time. Only problem is the allergic reaction to an insect bite that cut pride slightly short.