The Unofficial Weymouth & Portland 2012 Olympic Blog

At first what I thought was actually a monkey with the words london and 2012 stamped on it has actually been officially unveiled yesterday as the new 2012 Olympic logo. I know these things are almost always rubbish but the previous one although not great certainly got the message across! This is the London Olympics [...]

The campaigners have come out shouting after the governments decision not to hold a public enquiry over the long disputed £77 million relief road.
The air is being heated by CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) condemning the decision as controversial and highly damaging, adding that ‘not calling for a public enquiry could threaten our finest [...]

VisitBritain tourism agency has offered advice to Weymouth & Portlands tourist attractions: ‘Start preparing now’. Top on the agenda according to the agency is the need to learn foreign languages to help the influx of foreign visitors.
Lord Coe has jumped in on the act describing the games as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity for [...]

The official London 2012 Olympics website has launched their own blog (I’m flattered!). The main focus is on behind the scenes developments attributed to delivering the games on time (like Wembley) and on budget. Although I suspect this will mainly be used as a propaganda tool it’s still worthy of a look and a bookmark.