29 gold medals

  " we got on our real bikes
For we are Bradley Wiggins side burned mod god
We are Sir Chris Hoy

We sense a new weather
We are on our marks
We are all in this together "

 "There has been a warm glow and a great pride.
The opening ceremony set the tone. . Suggesting that we should love the country we have become.
Informal, mixed ,quirky. . Rather than the one we used to be.
For we got a glimpse of another kind of Britain.
A place that succeeds brilliantly, not least by drawing equally on its talents,black and white, male and female.
A place where patriotism is heartfelt.
The games have been an escape from reality. . Not for the athletes but for the rest of us. If we d landed on Mars no one would have noticed. Oh we did land on Mars. . I must have missed it."

Words from The Gaurdian
Poetry by Carol Ann Duffy