The olympic torch relay!

preable

Went to see the torch today and it was over in 10 secs LOL. I cant belive i waited over an hour for that lol. But on the bright side i did get a nice once in a lifetime photo so its all good

newbutold

Same here, waited nearly an hour and over before you knew it but it was still exciting!

Jeff_Bridges_hair

What exactly were you expecting though?

vuvuzela

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

What exactly were you expecting though?

Exactly. You waited to see someone holding the torch amble past you. Now how long would that take ?

preable

Yea it was a good atmosphere but i was hoping that they would go a bit slower as it was the town centre and there were alot of people xD Im glad i went though once in lifetime experance

mad_dr

preable wrote: »

Went to see the torch today and it was over in 10 secs LOL. I cant belive i waited over an hour for that lol. But on the bright side i did get a nice once in a lifetime photo so its all good

If you think that's bad, just wait for the 100m final!

bazster

mad_dr wrote: »

If you think that's bad, just wait for the 100m final!

The less you get of it the better it is!

preable

bazster wrote: »

The less you get of it the better it is!

Hahaha True true :rotfl:

flutterbyuk25

I felt a bit like that when I saw it, as it was over so quick. But me and my friend decided to follow the torch to the next village. We took the shortcut and beat the torch there by 20mins, we happened to park up randomly at a spot where they were going to do a torch changeover. So we were lucky enough then to have our pics taken with the torchbearer and got to touch the olympic torch :j. Then watched the changover and went home very happy!

lynnemcf

My tip for finding a torch changeover point is to look at the "local map" displayed in shop windows etc where the torch passes. The map will give a "time" when the torch is due to pass, and that is usually the torch changeover point. Also, each torchbearer runs only about 300 yards, and the next torchbearer is dropped off about 15 minutes before the torch passes, so if you walk along the torch route following the coca cola truck, you should find the next torch bearer. I managed to get my pic taken with 3 torchbearers when it went thru my area!

Popperwell

newbutold wrote: »

Same here, waited nearly an hour and over before you knew it but it was still exciting!

I made the effort to watch it go through my town and saw lorries advertising the sponsors, people selling cheap flags, whistles etc...police on motorcycles high fiving the spectators but because the person carrying the torch was surrounded by other people...it was over in seconds and many of us...missed it and never saw the person carrying the torch or the torch! So I stood for almost an hour and saw nothing!:(:mad: