Monday 13th August
I fell asleep towards the end of the closing ceremony, and woke up to the nightmare of Boris with his hands on the flag. Oh not again, I thought, as déjà vu threatened to relive his bizarre flag-waving in Beijing. I am sure he was tempted but it was his job to hand it to the mayor of Rio. After 17 days of Olympic sport and 24hour coverage I am all Olympic’ed out. The closing ceremony was not anticipated in quite the same way that Danny Boyle’s Opening ceremony was, and consequently it was a bit anticlimactic and not so exciting. Also I was so tired that I was just willing it to end. I missed the Who at end too, which is a pity, and there were some spendid highlights; Madness, Jessie J, even the Spice Girls and the John Lennon tribute were marvelous. But after the Bowie intro I was quite surprised that he wasn’t there in person, he seems to have become a bit of a recluse. There didn’t seem to be any real theme either, except ‘Top That if you can.’ I am sure that even America would struggle to match our great Pop-stars on show, so I suppose that ‘Music’ itself and our part in it was the theme. And now for a few days rest…..though I have two and a half tough days at work, but at least I won’t be glued to BBCNews websites and the TV will get a well-deserved rest. Thank God the Olympics are only ever four years and we have a rest before Rio in 2016.