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Seeing the Olympic Park site everyday out of the window also gives you an extremely real sense of the scale of what we are all here to do, in our own ways. In addition, I am also still at the stage of getting very lost in Canary Wharf which I definitely have not yet mastered, finding myself in places I have never been in before or unable to find places I had seen only a day ago.
The pace of activity is very fast and I have certainly hit the ground running. In my LOCOG role, we will shortly be going public with the outline plans for the four year celebration of our cultures across the UK, which starts a year after the Beijing Games and runs up to 2012. In relation to my ODA job, I will be working on ensuring culture, in its broadest sense, is a part of the DNA of the Olympic Park. So although the roles are different, they are also fascinatingly complimentary and hopefully my dual role will have wide benefits across London 2012.
It is a great time to be here, as the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are handed over to London in August / September this year. You can feel the sense of anticipation across the many teams in the office.  For those who have been here for a while, there’s the sense that all the long preparation time will soon be coming to fruition in the next few months. And for those like me that are new (who usually do stand out as still looking a bit bewildered at finding their way around) it’s the sense that you are joining the biggest show in town at such a pivotal moment.