Watched him enthralled as he won the men's 200 metres on the telly last night, which he completed at an average speed of 31mph. Which sounds pretty impressive until you consider that if he hits a child at that speed then there's a 40% chance it will die. I'm surprised that health & safety let him get away with it. It was a very enjoyable race nevertheless. In fact I've enjoyed all the races that I've seen at this year's Olympics. Except the French, obviously. Which reminds me, didn't we do well to win the dressage with that French sounding bird? Not that I get the point of this particular "sport" mind. What's it all about? What will they allow in next? Best laid table for a country supper at an Oxfordshire country retreat? It looks like it's just disco dancin' for horses to me. Although maybe I'm being a bit harsh, as they do say that for some it's the only way out of the slums of Manchester for some kids. Also in Olympic ne...

Refreshed from a fortnight at Stalag 45 whilst everybody else pissed off on holiday. They didn't even let me take me iPad in case it got nicked they said, so blogging options were somewhat limited. We had to amuse ourselves by watching the Olympics on an old black & white telly that one of the other lads, Spike, had smuggled in. I'd never heard of the Olympics before. I have to say I really enjoyed it, and can't wait for next year's. Personally, I wasn't entirely convinced that the opening ceremony accurately portrayed everything that is quintessentially British. There was no sign of Simon Cowell or Jeremy Kyle for a start off. I think that we kind of dumbed down Britain, to make it easier to understand for the Americans I assume. My favourite bit of the opening ceremony though was the parade at the end of all the different countries that we've conquered. We're doing very well with all those gold medals aren't we too, unlike our antipodean chums the ...