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‘Granted, I got so completely overexcited that I managed to book tickets for the hockey and athletics at the same time’
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It’s not very often that I regret saving myself a big wadge of cash, but I have to admit that my scepticism about the 2012 London Olympics was misplaced. Friends waited for hours on the phone or computer, but I thought I knew better; it would be a damp squib, I assured anyone who would listen. In the event, the only people who suffered were the Family Bath, who only got into the spirit once the party was already underway. So this time around, when it came to the Commonwealth Games, I got myself sorted early on. Granted, I got so completely over-excited that I managed to book tickets for the hockey and the athletics at the same time on the same day, although with
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FIONA KENNEDY The well-known singer and music producer extols the virtues of her beloved Royal Deeside as she gives us a guided tour of her home region, which she says remains, surprisingly, one of Scotland’s hidden gems.
BLYTHE DUFF Best-known as a deadpan sleuthing sidekick in Glasgow’s favourite TV murrrrder whodunnit, the actress is treading the boards again and proving that there’s life after Taggart.
ROB WAINWRIGHT Over seven days the former Scotland rugby captain and his merry band cycled 811 miles and ascended 54,000ft for charity. How? Why? What? Where? Read on for enlightenment.
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the sort of seamless synchronicity that rarely invades my life, a good pal whose family are hockey nuts was bemoaning their lack of tickets for the Scotland match, so bingo - everyone’s happy! Oh, and I got tickets for the boxing, only for my better half to suggest that watching two protagonists pummel each other’s heads until one fell unconscious wasn’t her cup of tea. This turned out to be handy given that I’d got the last four tickets but that we have a family of fi ve, and hadn’t plucked up the courage to decide who would miss out. Hurrahs all round. If London taught us one thing, it’s that there is a time to put scepticisim and cynicism to one side and not just passively accept the inevitable with as much good grace as you can muster, but to shape the event by really getting stuck in. When it comes to the Commonwealth Games, it’s a case of so far so good; even my brother-in-law has got in on the act and will be working as a volunteer. It promises to be quite a party, and this time I’ll be there and part of it rather than squawking lamely at the television and thinking what could have been. What a summer we’ve got in store – I can barely wait!
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