So, it’s 2012 at last and that means that us Londoners can now say that we’ll be hosting the Olympic Games this year. Makes it sound awfully close, doesn’t it? I do worry, though, by the time the actual event starts we’ll all be sick to the back teeth of those five rings and inspiring athletes. PVC banners promoting London 2012 seem to have flapping from lamp-posts all over the city since the day after the bid was won – and some of them are starting to look a bit tatty a few years on!

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