Getting started
There are three easy steps:
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Look around and discover features in your neighbourhood that link to one or more of the Participating Nations in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Remember, we are looking for things you can see in the built and natural environment. Most will be seen outdoors, but some may be inside public buildings. We are not looking for objects in museums, libraries or galleries.
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Find out the country(s) and the story behind each link, and make a careful note of the feature and its location, including the street name, town or village, and if possible the postcode.
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Send us your findings – and a photo of the feature too if you can - and we will add them to the growing map of links across the UK. How to do that is explained below.
The key is to keep your eyes open, even on a journey to school, to work or to the shops. You will be amazed at what you can find once you start looking. Some people even find it difficult to stop!
This week’s challenge
The challenge is on! We want to find physical evidence in our environment of links between the UK and every single country competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
That’s more than 200 countries and some are very difficult to find links to.
In almost every town and city in the UK you can find links to France, the USA and China. But what about Tajikistan, Burkina Faso or the Marshall Islands?
The latest challenge is to find the first links to Republic of the Congo, El Salvador and Liechtenstein.
Republic of the Congo
El Salvador
Liechtenstein
