Thank you very much DeedeeVonNoodle for grabbing that info from the LCC’s facebook page. That ties in with what I’ve been reading on the bit of the Get Ahead of the Games website about the roads.

Crikey! I’ve been seeing this “Get Ahead of the Games” thingy being advertised for months. And I have popped onto it for 5 minutes here and there. Always thinking, though, I’d come back to it and really understand what I need to know.

But this morning, as things kicked up another gear and with barely 48 hours or so before the start, I decided to give it a good thorough 10 or 15 minutes.

Wow, there is a lot of information!

In this day, and at my old age, I want a two sentence summary. Just for me. Especially tailored for my bicycle ride from SE23 to Marylebone. Which has been whittled down from thousands of pages and scores of maps. Unfortunately, I didn’t find that magic button on their website.

The number of terms that I had to understand (Olympic Route Network (ORN), Paralympic Route Network (PRN), Games Lanes etc) made me feel a little bit faint. I then threw my hands up in the air and would have laid down in a dark room, but the meditation/prayer room here at the office was already being used. Probably by another poor cyclist.

So, I then thought of a cunning plan around all of this…I asked a work mate, who happens to be an Olympic Volunteer, if it was too late to join the Team GB Cycling Squad so I could use any lane I wanted. That seemed a slightly easier option. He said that I probably needed some proper training. A decent bike. Have a British Passport. And to give up cigarettes. Amongst many other things.

But I don’t have a British Passport. Unfortunately.

My Australian Passport should still give me a chance if the Aussies need a last minute addition to the team. If there happens to be an Olympic Road Cycling Event from SE23 to Marylebone, then I’ve been doing it for 11 years now. And I know a few short cuts.