Who's been where then?
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Anyway went to the rowing this morning. Epic session, some great races and medals really good fun.
Yet again all the volunteers were massive stars. So good natured and helpful and happy all morning, making a point of including people from all countries they spotted in the crowds. They even had the energy to have a tunnel of hi 5's when everyone was leaving.
Big shout goes out to the man from crowd management who seems to have learnt how to say 'good morning' in about 20 different languages over a loud hailer and was writing new ones on his hand as people told him them
Yet again all the volunteers were massive stars. So good natured and helpful and happy all morning, making a point of including people from all countries they spotted in the crowds. They even had the energy to have a tunnel of hi 5's when everyone was leaving.
Big shout goes out to the man from crowd management who seems to have learnt how to say 'good morning' in about 20 different languages over a loud hailer and was writing new ones on his hand as people told him them
Lazy Llama
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We went to the football at Wembley last Sunday for Senegal vs Uruguay and Great Britain vs United Arab Emirates.
Easy journeys there and back, no queues on the way in.
Wembley was pretty poor though.
Off there again on Thursday for the Women's Football final, but with seats much higher up.
Easy journeys there and back, no queues on the way in.
Wembley was pretty poor though.
- No alcohol allowed within sight of the pitch, but no indication of that until you tried to enter the seating area
- Bar was closed during the second half of the first match and didn't open until 15 minutes after it finished, again with no indication until you got there, resulting in huge queues after the match had finished
- Hotdog buns were still on the heaters from the previous day so had taken on an interesting balsa-wood like texture
- Ran out of hot pies after the first match and it was going to be 20 minutes before more were ready.
- No where to stand to drink or eat apart from your seats, which you couldn't go to if you'd bought beer.
- All electronic payment systems were offline for the entire event and there are no cashpoints in the stadium. No re-entry either.
Off there again on Thursday for the Women's Football final, but with seats much higher up.
Hollis
bloody furious
RubyToogood
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Saw the women's cycle road race in Putney (out and back).
Lazy Llama
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In the manner of your selective quoting, I've fixed it for you
CyberRose
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That's standard/the rules for all football matches (the bit about the beer, not the hotdogs!)
Lazy Llama
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In the UK, yeah, but strangely enough, this being the Olympics, not everyone at the stadium was from the UK.
There were a lot of Germans there, for instance, and there is no such restriction in the Bundesliga. Which is why I think there should have been some kind of notice or sign, rather than a Gamesmaker stationed at each entrance turning people back after they'd made their purchase.
As I said the football was good, the food and drink facilities were poor (and you couldn't take any of your own in, of course).
In the manner of your selective quoting, I've fixed it for you
BANG OUT OF ORDER, MODS!!!11!!1!!
GO TEAM GB
CyberRose
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Fair point. Interestingly I went to watch Sheff Utd on a beam back at the end of last season and you were allowed to take the beer to your seats as technically there was no match being played in the stadium, despite having a stand full of fans!
