Think yourself lucky.

Rats. Forgot this one. 

If you get live updates on your satnav Cosi I'll see you on Southgate Road.

The scene of my first crime.

Any negative observations surround the cost and ticketing.

I wanted tickets for St James Park but evidently one had to buy tickets blind, a recipe for disaster. Normally I look at what I want to buy and then buy it.

I will watch the cycling and football but that's it.

Joe, apparently there are still football tickets are available

There's Olympic football games up here in Glasgow at hampden,but not many tickets sold.They might give them away free so that the grounds not empty  of spectators.There is a lot of work being done up here new roads ,housing for athletes etc due to us landing the next Commonwealth games in 2014.bet they put the fookin' council tax up.

Normally I love watching the Athletics - but these days it's hard to be convinced that athletes from certain countries are running clean so i can't be bothered any more 

also (imo) it's too London centric for me to have any interest in it - in fact there was a guy on Matthew Wrights show today who summed it up for me - the Olympics these days (not just the London one) seem to be about the host country providing the facilities at great expense just so mainly American corporate sponsors can make themselves the sole sponsors to the exclusion of any host country sponsors and thus make a lot of money   the McDonalds vs fish and chips debacle is a case in question!

I love watching the opening and closing ceremonies of Olympics but I'm not interested in sport, hubby is though so I won't be able to get away from it The scheduling better not interfere with my 2 soaps

What? All the athletes undergo really strict anti doping tests, I think before, during and after the games: http://www.london2012.com/about-us/nocs/antidoping/

There were a couple of women (cyclist and swimmer I think) on Wossy's talk show ages ago and they described the procedure, it sounded horrendous  

Can you honestly expect the Chinese to have athletes that are clean?   I do feel sorry for genuine athletes who do perform clean but I don't trust the doping procedure as despite anti doping's best intents, the dopers are always one step ahead 

theres the river of music thing going on to Cosi, london bridge is a main venue.

not sure when it starts.

 and on the topic of how good for britain the olympics can be, cue the border  agency staff organising a strike for next  week.

I don't need a SatNag for Southgate Road, Velvet....

The lights at the junction with Downham Road today.

I stopped off at the above

Got stuck behind Xochi at Borough though

Are you implying my arse looks big in this?! 

No.

I was more in awe of the size of that big thing we were heading towards.

You can't have been surprised to see a double decker in the smoke!  Seriously tho'  did you find the roads useable still? 

Dreadful along Borough up to London Bridge. Crawled along and took 40 mins!
Clear as a bell going over said bridge and fine all the way up to Old St and beyond.  Apart from that, usual snarls at Brixton & Streatham.

Did giggle when I realised the cab firm in front of me 

It'll be bedlam when the games start.

40 minutes?! Bloody hell! There's some stuff I'd like to see on the South Bank and at the Proms but I don't think I could take the road rage when it starts. 

I'd advise train or tube, Xochi, but even that depends on where you're coming IN from.

OK Londoners - I'm coming down next weekend - visiting rellies and also going to the Olympics - can anyone tell me what's the situation re Dartford Tunnel/Crossing - I'm off to an eightieth birthday party near Romford timing is a bit crucial.

Tunnel and crossing are a permanent 'mare, Soozy.

You'd be better asking our Essex FM's as to the situ with Romford.

I travelled UP to Chelmsford a couple of weeks ago and apart from the tunnel and bridge, it was fine.  But that was before the real pre-olympic hysteria started to kick in.

Don't know if this might help you?  http://www.getaheadofthegames....c-route-network.html

Thanks for the link Cosi - tbh we're usually pretty lucky with the tunnel as we don't really use it at 'peak' times. I will have a proper look at the link when I've got my thinking head on 

A good egg you are Cosi 

Tell me about it! We've got the centre of Wishaw closed for 18 months plus and I'm sure there'll be more to come as they'll probably want to hold the rowing event  on Strathclyde Loch.

Don't think they can. Didn't the Scottish parliament freeze it for 5 years (or something)?