Today the Olympic Torch Relay came though my local area. So me and Bumble B decided to see if we could pick out a good spot and get some shots.
They closed off the High Road and the crowds where starting to mill about waiting for the torch to arrive
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Steel Band |
Steel band outside the church playing some tunes.
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Steel Band outside my mum's church. |
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Entertainment |
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Growing crowds |
The torch isn't too far away so the crowds started to get abit bigger. I figured I'd find a better spot where there wasn't too many people around so I could get a decent enough shot when it did come by.
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The Brompton Bumble B |
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Stilt Walkers |
Came across these 2 characters just had to stop and grab a shot. Of course they luved my Brompton >:D
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What do you call a gang of Stilt Walkers? |
Who says the Olympics is too commercial ? Never LOL >:|
Now finally the Torch Bearer herself
As the whole thing past me by I found a whole load of cyclist at the very end and tagged along. The whole thing was going towards my house anyways so why not. Found a couple of other Brompton riders and they knew of me and the London Brompton Group on facebook >:)
The Torch was ending its trip in Waltham Forest Town Hall which is right next to my house. I was just about to leave when this nice lady asked if she could take a picture of me and my Brompton friends which we said sure then I got her to take a photo with me and my new LBC members >:D Hopefully at some point I'll get the photo that she got hugging me hugging her ;)
Needless to say, lots of fun and frolic!
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!
Peace :)
was basically 1 big long party >:)
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