Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Chariots of Fire

Soundtrack to My Life – Track twenty-eight

I watched a programme, about two weeks ago, about people living on benefits in Britain. I think it was a series and this episode was focusing on a particular town/area in the East of England: Jaywick.

Now, despite Jaywick being only an hour and a half away from me, I’d never heard of it in my life. I’m not going to lie; I was utterly gobsmacked and could not believe this was a place in England. It looked worse than some of the third world places I have been



I actually felt angry that it was such a neglected area and that it didn’t seem like anyone cared enough to do anything. Having said that, the people that lived there said they loved it and didn’t want to leave.

When I went online to work out where exactly Jaywick was, I discovered that it was actually on the original London 2012 Olympic Torch relay route. However, officials that visited places on the relay route were disgusted with the place so took it off the route. You know, because they only wanted to showcase places that portrayed the “real” Britain!

So, there were no chariots of fire for Jaywick back in 2012.

Chariots of Fire (Torch Relay Theme) - Vangelis