1. The marathons (FW, MW, F & M) went past my front door, twice. Made it very difficult to miss them!
2. Although I live in Birmingham, I took my son down to London to watch a track session. Saw Laura Kenny win gold. Again. She must like it when I am there.
2.5. The whole family went to see The Bull on Thursday evening. Judging from the TV pictures, I'm glad we didn't go on Saturday.
3. Hockey. Rude not to, as it was roughly 15 mins walk from my house, and at my old University, so I got to show my son where I studied and graduated.
4. Closing ceremony. Was that really Ozzy Osborne? Went with my Cameroon friend (part of the Commonwealth, apparently, despite never being a British Colony).
It was great having the Commonwealth here in Birmingham. Although I may be a bit biased, I think Birmingham did very well. The weather certainly helped, but so many comments from people stating how it was so much better than they had expected (visitors regarding the city, locals regarding the organisation). Just need to get the city finished, now (hold on - another bit is getting tired and shabby - better get going on that too). And the crowd control coming out of the stadium last night was superb. Walked a long way to get to the buses (mostly back and forth), but as soon as we got to the front, a bus pulled up and we all piled on.