After a long day of work I sneaked out this evening to head to the Olympic Park to finally see what all the fuss was about.

I had heard so much about the Park and was really eager to get a chance to visit it, plus see some sports live, and it didn't disappoint.

For a start the weather was lovely and it felt like a mini-holiday taking a few hours away from work and life to explore.

First up we visited Orbit. I must admit to not being a bit fan of this piece but I love a lot of Anish Kapoor's work so was intrigued to see it up close and seeing the view from it over the park and London.

Up close I liked it a lot more- but not as a whole. I liked individual bits and they were very reminiscent of ideas I have had for making rotating beadwork (partly inspired by previous work I have done but not shown you- it will appear in the new book- and partly by Thomas Heatherwick).

The view from it was great and I took hundreds of photos but a highlight was some of what I know Anish Kapoor for, incredible mirrors. In the top viewing platform there are two huge, supremely polished mirrors which alter what you see dramatically as you move even just slightly. Someone in front of them can at one point appear normal, then gigantic (but not distorted in any way which is disconcerting) and then upside down- or not appear at all. Because the mirrors were so highly polished my brain found it very hard to compute that it was reflections I was looking at and it was hard to distinguish whether the people you could see were 'real' or reflections- amazing.

Next up it was to the Aquatics Centre to watch some swimming. The atmosphere inside was amazing and when some GB girls raced the noise was so loud I literally had to cover my ears- wonderful.

We stayed for hours and watched so many races, so many medal ceremonies, so many World and Paralympic records being set and so many people spending minutes, or seconds, doing something they had been preparing to do for years. An amazing concept and I'm glad I don't have to be judged purely on a few isolated seconds in what I do.