WOW WHAT A NIGHT

Wonderful images

Awe inspiring sculpture

Head for heights: Former Royal Marine Joe Townsend, whose legs were blown off by an IED in Afghanistan, carried the Paralympic Flame into the stadium on a zip wire from the top of the neighbouring 377ft (115m) high ArcelorMittal Orbit tower

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195366/London-Paralympics-2012-Disabled-genius-Stephen-Hawking-star-turn-London-2012-Paralympics-Opening-Ceremony.html#ixzz25187rft0

Simply wow

 

Boo to Channel 4 for the adverts, Jon Snow for just being too newsy & a bit boring.  Yeye to Claire Balding who as ever was interesting & interested

 

Watching the swimming now, this is so much better than the days when the Paralympics (PARA = ALONGSIDE) was an hour program at Christmas.

The athletes are brilliant - GO TEAM GB x