"Then it is dark; a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains." - John Cheever

Monday, May 08, 2006

Not in my manor

Don't know if anyone saw this in the Observer sport monthly yesterday, but Will Self's views on the Olympics are quite entertaining.

1 comment:

John said...

I agree, I quite like the Lea Valley as it is. Post industrial quasi urban wilderness much more interesting than some anodyne Olympic Stadium plus rail link. Once had an incredible (and slightly frightening) nighttime cycle ride across the marshes from Springhill Marina to Walthamstow, the lights of Canary Wharf blazing into sky to the south...