You guessed didn't you? The Olympic torch came to York this week on it's journey around the UK. The torch bearer here is Danny a local young sportsman who has cycled the UK end to end to raise money for cancer research. As it happened I was standing next to his aunt & uncle in the crowd who were bursting with pride as he jogged past.
It is easy to be cynical about the massive corporate sponsorship deals around the Olympics but the games are bringing a lot of moments to remember to ordinary individuals too. The lasting image of the day for me was a young boy of around 6 or 7 sitting with his granny on a bench outside the library long after the show had passed through the city. They were both concentrating hard on a small camera reviewing the pictures they had taken. As I walked past I heard a clearly delighted little voice declare 'Look Gran, there in the corner, we even got a picture of the torch'. I knew exactly how he felt, a future CDP blogger in the making I think!
