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. |
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Production of butanol using enzymes and micro-organisms |
And from sugarcane in Brazil |
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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 |
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On the way to the Olympic Park |
On the way to the Olympic Park |
Trafalgar Square has live presentation of the Paralympic events |
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The volunteers |
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We are led through security by the BP monitors |
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The day began cloudy but soon heated up. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Many characters |
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Sleeping |
Mounted police |
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In the background is the Olympic Village |
Wild flowers everywhere |
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Entering the Velodrome for the cycling events |
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In the background is the BMX track |
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The Velodrome |
Practice areas |
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The beginning of the afternoon events |
And off she goes .... too fast for my camera |
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Colourfull helmets |
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Medals |
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Team GB wins gold |
Sarah Storey winds gold |