Despite the weather, thousands greeted the relay runners from the start at the Bell on the A127 to the borough boundary on the A13. It is estimated that 170,000 people lined the route in South Essex.
The phrase 'one in a lifetime' is often used but as the likelihood is we will never host the Olympics again in this country during my lifetime, this was a day that the relay runners and those involved in the choir will never forget.
The 'gold medal' undoubtedly goes to the 2012 primary school children across the town who formed the choir who greeted the runners at City Beach. They were simply outstanding. During the lunch break, I was speaking to one of the sponsors who said that after 49 days of the Torch Relay, Southend has been by far the best and it will take a lot to beat it before the games start on the 27th July.
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