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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV (while listening to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. 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.
