After all these months of training, waiting, travelling to and fro from London Town I've finally started working at the greatest show on earth! And what a first couple of days its been. Worked 19 hours over the last 2 days, exhausted.com but the excitement, adrenaline and celeb spotting had made it all more bearable.
Day 1 - up and out travelling to the Olympic Park at 5.00am. Jumped on the tube and noticed half a dozen other volunteers also on the tube, quite surreal, this early and we dominated the train! Arrived at Stratford International and wow, masses and masses of volunteers everywhere, scurrying towards the Olympic Park. Could already sense the excitement and we all made our way to the security check!
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| It's off to work we go! |
Once all the back of house tasks had been completed, all staff deployed, it was time to let the waiting public in!
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| The calm before the mega army of people! |
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| I had to take the obligatory pic! |
Wow, in masses they certainly came, all full of excitement, with flags, banners, costumes, snapping pics, what a carnival like atmosphere. It was amazing, this is what we'd been led to expect, but you don't really appreciate the atmosphere until you are in the thick of it.
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| Spectators as far as the eye can see! |
Inside the Aquatics Centre the atmosphere was just as amazing as outside. Spectators as far the eyes could see, flags waving, people screaming with excitement, cheering on the swimmers. This is what I had come to witness! The entire roof erupted as Rebecca Adlington entered the pool, OMG, I was there and managed to not only soak up the atmosphere but also got some pics as well!
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| Check out the swimmers, including Rebecca in the pool! |
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| Check out the view - OMG! |
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| Yay, she successfully qualifies by finishing first in her heat! |
The heavens opening around lunchtime, typical British Summer, but I had hoped, liked the rest of the nation, that we would have some sort of Summer, especially during the games.
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| A sea of umbrellas! |
The hardest group of people to deal with is the press and media. There are thousands and thousands from all over the world, never seen so many! They assume because they have a camera in their hands this gives them the right to access all areas, in any venue. They don't take no for an answer and certainly don't like being challenged, especially when they don't have the correct accreditation! I've had to challenge a couple, but the presence of the armed forces and police make the job a little easier!
Oh yes, I bumped into a few celebs whilst on shift. Saw David Cameron, who stopped and acknowledged all the hard work volunteers where doing! Saw DJ Chris Evans and also the French President, who had the biggest entourage I've ever seen! Not a bad start to the week and not your average day in the office! Looking forward to seeing who else I may bump into during the remainder of the week.
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