The last Paralympian

[Ted Max]

on the last flight out of Heathrow is swallowed by the deepening dusk. Down below, in the bay windows of Osterley and Slough, miles of faded Team GB bunting is torn down, releasing a payload of dessicated flies and moth wings.

In the Lee Valley, whole colonies of rats eat their young. A million wild flower seeds are crushed under the wheels of the trucks that ferry away, all day and all night, the smashed skeletons of silenced Olympic venues.

Hansen and Big Al are back on the MOTD sofa. Half term is weeks away.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Blimey, Ted. That ain't gonna inspire a generation.

[LuLu Too]

Are we talking legacy or sustainability here, Ted Max?

And what will become of Betty?

[Ted Max]

As with the limbs of executed traitors, the individual petals of the torch are installed on spikes in towns across the country.

IOC rules stipulate that none is ever lit again.

Weston-super-Mare is awarded "Malawi", a situation its council finds somewhat unsatisfactory.

In 2032 Dave Gorman pitches the idea of a special anniversary show reuniting all 204 original petals, to be shown on Sky Sports' "BBC Gold" stream on AppleTV. His researchers can trace only 56. The project is shelved.

[LondonLogCo]

You've been reading too much Cormac Mc Carthy

[Ted Max]

Does he hate Dave Gorman as well?

[maxxi]

Only with the beard.

[Annette Curtain]

I'm not sure CMc is familiar with Dave Gorman

But if he ever hears him, i'm sure his bile would rise