I will withhold judgement on whether huge sums of money have been wasted on White Elephants which will find little, or no, use in the future and have to be bulldozed at great expense.

My own particular gripe is the destruction of Greenwich Park, for the Equitation Events, when we have alternative sites available.

I wonder how many years it will take to return the Park to anything like its original condition and I'm willing to bet that one, or more, Developers manage to get their Plans Passed, which may eat into the Site, because of its dilapidated condition.

"and the Busing of millions of School Children, into Towns, to line the Route of the Olympic Torch?"

I can remember being bussed in, in 1952 when I was 14, to cheer the Queen.

Perhaps that's why she seems so popular!

"Can anyone show me the difference between that, and the Busing of millions of School Children, into Towns, to line the Route of the Olympic Torch?"

Has it occurred to you that lots of those children will remember the event well into their adult lives? They'll have that 'I was there' feeling whenever the 2012 Olympics are mentioned.

It's all to easy to take a negative view of what is about to happen, and yes, it has all cost a huge amount of money, but surely life should be about more than just the humdrum daily routine of austerity and budget cuts? As a nation we have a history of making ourselves proud of what we can achieve, and just maybe there will be something to be proud of in the way we are staging the Games. I'm sure there will be glitches and some controversy, plenty for the glass-half-empty people to have a go at, but perhaps there'll be some wonderful moments too.

I look forward to it, despite the inevitable disruptions to the normal functioning of my city. I'll be in the stadium one morning, and at the archery at Lords Cricket ground on two occasions. I'm determined to enjoy the Olympics, and I hope some of you do, too.

I can understand that it will be special for the children after all the older ones of us have seen something they never will. England win the Football World Cup

"money orientated"

Bit like professional football then?.

Win or lose, the megabuck wages and hand-outs, plus glamour are still readily available!.