Olympic torch relay!

This afternoon Newbury was graced with the Olympic Torch Relay passing through. Even though I was at work, the entire office ground to a halt to catch a good glimpse of the event, and we had the best possible seats in the house!

I have seldom seen Newbury so busy, there was quite a crowd parked outside the town hall all waiting for the runner to pass through. In the meantime we had all the sponsored companies passing through on their floats, even the local police were really getting into the spirits of things, high-fiving people as they drove past on their motorcycles.

 
Sorry about the quality of this photo, but you should be able to see the Olympic torch bearer in white in front of the yellow car, just above the window latch in the foreground. The crowd went wild as he jogged through the market place, 60 seconds later everyone lost interest and dispersed relatively quickly, in fairness the torch was 27 minutes late and they were probably tired from waiting.