Olympic flame progress thread.

[Norfolkit]

rover 623gsi said:

it seems that Londoners - just like so many other people across the country - actually turned out in their droves to see the torch. Maybe the general populace is not as cynical as the average PHer ???

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179187/Ol...

It really does get to the cynics on here but the Torch Relay really has captured the public imagination as witnessed by the huge crowds and smiling faces. Sometimes you just have to be there to get it.

[Oakey]

Norfolkit said:

It really does get to the cynics on here but the Torch Relay really has captured the public imagination as witnessed by the huge crowds and smiling faces. Sometimes you just have to be there to get it.

Even car crashes draw crowds

[Norfolkit]

Oakey said:

Norfolkit said:

It really does get to the cynics on here but the Torch Relay really has captured the public imagination as witnessed by the huge crowds and smiling faces. Sometimes you just have to be there to get it.

Even car crashes draw crowds

Most people don't smile at car crashes.

[essayer]

I was cynical but then people in the office decided they were going to see it, and who can resist 20 minutes out of the office on such a sunny day!