Saturday, 4th August 2012 the day of the 6 British gold medals

The last couple of days watching the Olympics has become a full time job. First thing every morning I print out the program for the day, the likely important races and competitors with times. Some I can watch on the TV, but most of it I watch on the net. Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger rowed to gold in the double sculls yesterday with such joy, that it was delightful to watch. Grainger was the perennial bridesmaid, never the bride, but this time she had gone all the way.

Other golds on Day 7 included the men's team pursuit in cycling and Victoria Pendleton in the women's keirin, also in cycling. Victoria Pendleton missed the handover the day before in one of her cycling events and got disqualified, which was a shame, as she was in line to win it. So she was rather fired up and produced such fantastic speed and power in the keirin that even I got much impressed.

Today, at the time of writing - the gold tally is 4: 2 in rowing - the men's four and the women's lightweight double sculls with Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking. The latter two were delightful and the picture of Kat Copeland's face when she realises that she won will stay with me for quite a while.

The velodrome provided another thrilling competition after the men's pursuit yesterday when the women not only emulated the men, but did it in emphatic fashion. In fact, the men's yesterday was much more exciting, because their advantage over the opposition was only slight and while they did build it up gradually it wasn't that big. The women, however, made mincemeat of the Yanks, which was great, but it was a forgone conclusion from practically the first circuit of the Velodrome, so therefore it was less exciting.

Finally tonight all this was topped by a commanding performance by Jessica Ennis in the heptathlon. A petite little woman, she was a powerhouse of delight in the way she just got on with it and stamped her authority on proceedings. A worthy and very popular winner. I loved it. So, today's total took England to 12 golds, 7 silvers and 8 bronzes and the day is not yet over. Even if there are no more medals for the day, I think it is quite good. I think we can hallmark the British golds with BOATS, BIKES, GUNS AND THE TRACK. I was looking at the official predictions for which sports are likely to bring the medals and how many. Rowing has already surpassed all expectations and the athletics had just started. After a ponderous beginning, this might still turn out to be a good Olympics for the Brits. Other than sport, the only event recently had been a visit to Tescos and the market. We bought some lovely peaches, apricots, raspberries and blackberries, plus a lot of good vegetables. Now we have food for a week to 10 days, after which we are off to the Hungaria Kupa in the Zemplen.

PS: The medal tally is now 14 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze. The two I didn't know about were Greg Rutherford winning the long jump and Mo Farah winning the 10,000m. Yippeeee!!!