I have to say that it has only been a few weeks since I was last on site myself, but the changes taking place on the Park are amazing – the Stadium steelwork is flying up and it is an absolute inspiration to see venues rising out of the ground.
Today marked halfway to go between winning the bid to stage the 2012 Games and the London 2012 Opening Ceremony - who would have ever believed that?
Most people forget the overhead pylons were even on the Olympic Park site now that they are gone, but if you had ever seen them dotted around four years ago, you would have wondered how on earth this was ever going to be an Olympic and Paralympic site!
The Special Olympics team are seriously optimistic about their chances of gold and are looking forward to the chance to come back and show us their medals in the summer and with the Special Olympics Summer Games coming to Leicester from 25 July, Special Olympics GB might just be giving the Beijing medal haul a run for its money!
Keep an eye out for them in the news!
