Scheduling

[rich_jacko]

I only twigged this week that tickets to the Paralympics are (a) cheap (£10-£15) and (b) still available. I'm really tempted to go. There only seem to be tickets for ExCeL, but they include day passes which get you into a variety of sports (judo, powerlifting, boccia, table tennis, sitting volleyball, and wheelchair fencing which sounds ace!). I'm really quite tempted to go. If you're interested in joining me, please let me know you're definitely in and what dates you can spare for a day trip to London (30th August to 7th September) by the end of this week so I can try to grab some tickets.

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In more immediate plans, the provisional schedule for this Sunday's party is as follows:

• 11:00 - Open house begins. The projector will be booted up once the first people arrive. BBC coverage includes the men's marathon.
• 13:20 - BBC coverage includes the men's boxing, with five gold medals up for grabs.
• 14:00ish - Ceremonial lighting of the Olympic barbecue. Unless the weather's rubbish, in which case it will be replaced by the ceremonial switching on of the Olympic oven.
• 16:00 - The final event of the Games - the women's modern pentathlon.
• 19:00 - BBC coverage breaks for half an hour. The poor overworked projector gets a short rest. Possible re-lighting of the Olympic barbecue.
• 19:30 - BBC coverage resumes with the highlights from the last two weeks.
• 21:30 - Closing ceremony: "A Symphony of British Music". Everyone from Elgar to Adele, apparently.
• 23:30 - Closing ceremony, er, closes. Drinking up time ;o)

Comments

[longrat.livejournal.com]

While I would love to go, I can't budget for it at the moment :(

I will poke Tim about the party, we girls should be in Scotland