{"id":997,"date":"2012-09-18T12:05:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=997"},"modified":"2025-11-23T06:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T06:28:38","slug":"piglets-trip-to-the-gb-olympics-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/09\/18\/piglets-trip-to-the-gb-olympics-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Piglet&#8217;s Trip To The GB Olympics 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1002\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1002\" title=\"At the Olympics Beach volleyball \" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800-399x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800-399x600.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800-299x450.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800-63x96.jpg 63w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Beach-volleyball-2-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Olympics Beach volleyball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a very lucky pig, I went to the 2012 London Olympics!\u00a0 The beach volleyball was great fun and I could see Nelson&#8217;s Column from my seat in the stadium.\u00a0 The sand looked nice, but it did make me miss the beaches in Sydney.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t find any sea nearby&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1001\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1001\" title=\"Patriotic fever\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800-399x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800-399x600.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800-299x450.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800-63x96.jpg 63w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-beach-volleyball-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriotic fever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I did wave the flag for England, because that&#8217;s where I came from, but I really cheered on the Aussies.\u00a0 Shame they lost, maybe they missed the sound of the waves in their ears&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999\" title=\"Entering the Olympic stadium \" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympic-stadium-800x576-600x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympic-stadium-800x576-600x432.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympic-stadium-800x576-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympic-stadium-800x576-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympic-stadium-800x576-96x69.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympic-stadium-800x576.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entering the Olympic stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was very exciting out at the Stratford Olympic site, so many stadiums and so much parkland to stroll around.\u00a0 We found some boats on the river, including the Royal Barge, but still no waves on a beach anywhere&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1000\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1000\" title=\"At the Athletics in the Olympic stadium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Athletics-stadium-800x533-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Athletics-stadium-800x533-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Athletics-stadium-800x533-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Athletics-stadium-800x533-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Athletics-stadium-800x533-96x63.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Olympics-Athletics-stadium-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Athletics in the Olympic stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was so loud inside the stadium that my ears nearly fell off.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think I have ever seen, and heard, so many people all in one place!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;ve been a very lucky pig, I went to the 2012 London Olympics!\u00a0 The beach volleyball was great fun and I could see Nelson&#8217;s Column from my seat in the stadium.\u00a0 The sand looked nice, but it did make me miss the beaches in Sydney.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t find any sea nearby&#8230;&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; I 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