London 2012 on the road in Liverpool
Post categories: Olympics
| 09:38 UK time, Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Without a doubt, the greatest privilege of my working life has been to report for the Â鶹Éç from the last five summer Olympic Games.
, , , and have all given me memories I will treasure for ever, but, if I've got one tiny regret about my times there, it's this.
I wasn't at home to share them with everyone in the UK.
When friends talk about waiting up till the early hours of the morning to watch on Â鶹Éç TV (while listening to Â鶹Éç Radio 5 live's commentary, of course), I actually envy them. I was in Sydney, in a half-empty cafe close to Bondi Beach, but it was mid-morning and the few Aussies around me were bemused by the lone Brit leaping around on her own.
I can only imagine the joy back at home when . The Greek taverna where I was having my tenth of the week was distinctly underwhelmed.
The organisers of London 2012 want to send out a message that these are Games for the whole of the UK.
I'm Eleanor Oldroyd and I present Thursday night's 5 live Sport, where we will increasingly be focusing on London 2012, which will be the sixth summer Olympic Games I've covered for the Â鶹Éç. I love a great range of sports - from motorsport to modern pentathlon - and I'm looking forward to talking about most of them, on air and here on my blog.
