Harry at the Paralympics, London 2012

The wonderful opportunity was courtesy of BP.

Travel to London 2012 for the Paralympics. Efficient, no queues. Departure from Cambridge at 6 a.m.	At the BP lounge before reaching the Paralympics stadia
An exhibition by BP on their biofuel generation	There are three different technologies
Making biofuel from fast growing grass planted in land not used for agriculture.
	Production of butanol using enzymes and micro-organisms
And from sugarcane in Brazil
	An advanced dispensing system which delivers a variety of fuels from a single nozzle using information from car numberplates
Here there are three kinds of fuels powering the Olympics and Paralympics events

On the way to the Olympic Park	On the way to the Olympic Park
Trafalgar Square has live presentation of the Paralympic events
The volunteers
We are led through security by the BP monitors
The day began cloudy but soon heated up.
Each of these windmills powers the bank of lights underneath	The individual windmill at the top is designed by a Darwin College Engineering student
These are our wonderul BP monitors who totally looked after us throughout the day	In the BP Prestige lounge at the Olympic Park
In the BP Prestige lounge at the Olympic Park	In the BP Prestige lounge at the Olympic Park
The crowds began to build
By afternoon I felt there were more people at the Paralympics than at the Olympics. By evening there were so many people that motion became Brownian
Many characters
	Sleeping
Mounted police
In the background is the Olympic Village	Wild flowers everywhere
	Entering the Velodrome for the cycling events
In the background is the BMX track
The Velodrome	Practice areas
	The beginning of the afternoon events
And off she goes .... too fast for my camera
	Colourfull helmets
Medals
Team GB wins gold	Sarah Storey winds gold