London is full of great things! (As if you didn't know....)

On Saturday I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to go on a tour of the Olympic Site and my my my...how cool it was!
We were first shown around a small exhibition with videos and photos of how the site has developed from when we won the bid to today & even saw details on what was planned after the Olympics & Paralympics in 2012...that was the most interesting part - I really hope that all goes to plan as it has the potential to really regenerate that area of London!

The tour was great, a very informative Olympic Committee representative talked us around the site from the comfort of a coach and then surprised us all with news that we would be able to walk around inside the Olympic Stadium itself! As you can see, there is still a lot of work to do, but it is very impressive...

Every building from the Velodrome to the Aquatic Centre has been designed to be eco-friendly, efficient, easy to access and many of them will be staying behind (in one form or another) to be used to create new jobs and revenue in the local area afterward. Even the Athletes Village will be sold off afterwards and that place (below) is very impressive...Townhouses, Apartments, Beautiful Gardens....I'd love to live there!

From here it was clear what to do next...my joy for London at a high...the sun was shining, so I decided to take in the Thames Festival

I've never been before, but it was well worth a visit...so many different food stalls and they even closed Southwark Bridge for 2 huge strips of Street Party style seating across it and story readings, haircut stands..allsorts of cool extras....even the biggest Fish & Chip Cake you've ever seen!

It was a really busy day so after retiring to the BFI for a pick me up (coffee) I managed a further stroll (I'd walked all the way from Tower Bridge to the London Eye and then some today!) up to Camden to meet a friend for some dinner at The Engineer & a cracking bottle of red (recommended by @EdCJ_Francis)

Also, I saw a woman with a hat made of cress (below) ;-)