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The lawn bowls was a fizzle, as it was too hot to stay and watch them play. I was cheering for the Scottish team whose costume designer had crazily given them flimsy baseball caps that left their pale, Scots necks bare to the sun. By 9:30 in the morning they were already brick red necks, yet the team somehow overcame this distraction to win the men’s triple. Well done.
Watching the athletics was also difficult because of the heat. We were in the reserved seating for those with accessibility issues, and all the people in walkers and wheelchairs nonetheless moved to the narrow ribbon of shade without seating.
I liked that the athletics gave you a bit of everything – men’s 100 metres, women’s 400 metres, high jump, long jump, javelin, shot put, wheel chair racing. The kids certainly enjoyed the fact that there were multiple short events, but Pearl got overheated.
Also, once again, getting there was nightmarish. Although there were priority buses for those with accessibility issues, this was not entirely a smooth system. The buses were just regular buses (ie. room for 2-3 wheelchairs/walkers/prams) but instead were entirely full of people with mobility problems which in turn meant those who were already unsteady on their feet picking their way through a forest of canes and walkers.
Our GPS went mad or overheated or something and just sent us around in a complete circle two or three times before we abandoned it. Ruby: ‘Why are you laughing, Mummy?’ Me: ‘Just hysterical, darling, that’s all.’
Watching the athletics was also difficult because of the heat. We were in the reserved seating for those with accessibility issues, and all the people in walkers and wheelchairs nonetheless moved to the narrow ribbon of shade without seating.
I liked that the athletics gave you a bit of everything – men’s 100 metres, women’s 400 metres, high jump, long jump, javelin, shot put, wheel chair racing. The kids certainly enjoyed the fact that there were multiple short events, but Pearl got overheated.
Also, once again, getting there was nightmarish. Although there were priority buses for those with accessibility issues, this was not entirely a smooth system. The buses were just regular buses (ie. room for 2-3 wheelchairs/walkers/prams) but instead were entirely full of people with mobility problems which in turn meant those who were already unsteady on their feet picking their way through a forest of canes and walkers.
Our GPS went mad or overheated or something and just sent us around in a complete circle two or three times before we abandoned it. Ruby: ‘Why are you laughing, Mummy?’ Me: ‘Just hysterical, darling, that’s all.’
