Today marks just 3 years until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games; London 2012. I have been following the huge project since 2002 when it wasn’t even certain that we would bid for the games or not. London surprised everyone by beating Paris to the grand prize in July 2005 only for our celebrations to be cut short the following day by the terrorist bombs.

Fast forward to today and it is amazing how the stadium structure is already virtually completed, as you can see in the picture, backed up by an amazing sporting performance in Beijing. Surely one of the best weeks the country has experienced for a long time – newspaper headlines were positive for a change! “The Great Haul of China!”

The Olympics in London will be spectacular - not withstanding any sporting success – the city is at the forefront of Global culture and arts, and as proved by the 2012 branding, isn’t afraid to innovate and surprise. I wouldn’t have it any other way! These games will be for the world, set in it’s greatest city; backed by 2000 years of history (even on the Olympic Park site) and a host who does things in its own unique way with nothing to prove but to have fun.

New photo today of the Southern end of the Olympic Park which shows the Stadium at the top which is progressing swiftly.In the centre are the widened and cleaned up waterways. A total transformation to the grotty overgrown and stagnant water of before. Then at the bottom of the photograph is the Aquatics Centre. Progress on its magnificent Zaha Hadid designed roof is going well. The scale is quite deceiving. The stadium will seat around 80,000 people and be complete by 2011.

Today I had a walk around the perimeter of the Olympic Park. Not great weather for it but fascinating to view the largest construction site in Europe. Seems very efficient to me and very organised too. Here are a few photos of the Stadium progress…