Just watching the news on UK tv, and load of pubs and restaurants in Greenwich are fuming because of the barriers that are in place to control the crowd.

The crowds are being herded about, and cannot seem to escape the "routes" to be able to explore the surrounding area, including the street markets.

They are going to dismantle some of the barriers tomorrow, to give the local business a fighting chance, because takings are about 60 to 70 percent down on a normal year.

Lots have ordered in extra supplies as they were expecting to do good business.

And hotels are dropping their prices back to normal due to empty rooms, I'm glad, greedy gits. Also London seems pretty quiet, people working at home or just staying away.

Have been shots on TV of London being quiet. may not cancel my weekly trip after all Everyone I know who commutes is working from home. getting e-mails too for 50% of some top London hotels.

Usual tourist attractions down by 30 percent on normal.

Street traders recording a drastic cut in takings, one interviewed on TV said it was the quietest she had seen it in 20 years.

On the plus side,no major traffic problems with the new Olympic traffic lane hardly needed at all.

Seems the Rumanian pickpockets are doing a roaring trade though!

If they gave Olympic gold medals for thieving, I reckon they'd come first every time.

Let's celebrate our first gold medal. Listened to the race on my car radio, the atmosphere sounded amazing.

The first of a few today hopefully.

Yes despite all the doomers and gloomers the enthusiasm is amazing Can't see us getting many medals but as the saying goes

matters not wether you win or lose it's how you play the game

Great atmosphere down there especially amongst the Brits.

What was that last remark jacky ?
Obviously these ladies weren't listening.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...empt-LOSE.html

Nice to see they got their just desserts anyway.

Tell that to the Koreans and the Chinese! Agree, looks like our predicted medal haul could be wildly optimistic. I'm banking on the Brownlee Brothers and Helen Jenkins to do good in the triathlons. And Wiggy this afternoon? Who knows?

The second men's bronze wasn't at all bad, either.

Spain play GB at men's basketball tomorrow, anyone mad enough to put their money on GB?

I find it hard to get worked up about Olympic netball.

I don't find it too hard to get worked up over Pau Gasol though, 7' 1" of pure sinuous muscle!