Three weeks seem to have passed so quickly and I head back with so many memories and in years to come the ability to say I was there and played my part. All that aside it will be good to get home. Signing off.

- Inspector Stewart Sheer

Last rest day before we go home slightly spoiled by finishing in the wee small hours. Most of the team decided to go and do a bit of shopping in London and have a couple of well-deserved drinks and just relax. I think everyone is now looking forward to going home. I for one have enjoyed the deployment but now getting pretty tired and the long hours are taking their toll ... I am getting on a bit now you know! Looking forward to the closing ceremony tomorrow should be a fitting end to our time down here.

- Inspector Stewart Sheer

Last day in the village for the team and at 28 degrees it's a pretty warm one! Make that hot! Thank god I am not wearing body armour don't think I would make it through the 13 hour shift. It's very evident now that people are approaching the end of the event including us. We have been so lucky in our deployments working in the village and the main park others have not done quite so well.

Big job of the day was to rescue the Canadian moose...yes not your everyday task but our Canadian mounty colleagues were concerned that in the coming parties it might do the rounds . Rest day tomorrow Hooray ! Shame we will be finishing at 3am.

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- Inspector Stewart Sheer

Can't believe how lucky the country has been with the weather during the games never mind the medal tally which reached 25 golds its costing me a fortune in stamps! It's been a hot one today with temperatures getting up in the high 20s and predicted to get hotter tomorrow! Another fantastic day in the athletes village and a feeling of how lucky I have been regardless of long unsocial hours and tender feet.

Along with a couple of the guys from the team I had the opportunity to wear a gold medal winners medal today , Peter Kretschmer, turns out he is a German police officer and wanted the photo for his work mates back at home what a nice bloke. The other photo I have added is some illuminated glass columns which have the signatures of athletes who have competed in the games with one or two extras!

Much as I have loved every day I have to admit I am looking forward to getting home to my lovely wife and catching up with family only a few days to go.

- Inspector Stewart Sheer

Our final day in the Media Centre today!

Yesterday I had an earlier start than some to fulfil my BBC duties. This was a live radio interview with a presenter who was at Olympic Park from BBC Radio Stoke. I was grateful it was done over the phone as I was sat on a plastic chair in a pair of boxers rubbing sleep from my eyes!!

Like a true professional I had "prepped" for it. Written a few lines, sitting upright to give clarity to my voice, water on standby in case I got a dry mouth. I was tired, nervous but happy I would deliver.

There was a line I wanted to put in which said "the fittest, fastest athletes in the world with 15 of Cheshire's finest". Everything was going ok. Clear voice, no need for water, confident. Then it just happened, I said "fittest", but for some reason I was unable to say "fastest" it came out "fattest". There's the career in radio gone!

Also apologies to all those athletes who have trained for 4 years…I meant fastest!

My Olympic partner PC Mike Butler were later given a guided tour around BBC Operations by a very kind lady called Geraldine Lewis. I would also like to thank everyone in my serial for making a very long and tiring period of work the best in my 24 year career:

• Inspector Sheer
• Sergeant 2249 Bailey
• PC 5393 Butler
• PC 3990 Sime
• PC 5325 Fergus
• PC 5189 Pritchard

Thank you.

- PC Ian Cuthbertson

It's 1pm and I'm just leaving my accommodation to start my last shift here at the Olympics. Hopefully we should be home again by 3am - 14 hours seems a very long way off !

I'm due to work today at Stratford International station right by the Olympic park for the closing ceremony although I doubt I'll see any of it - I've spent almost 3 weeks here and not seen a bit of the games however I know tonight's atmosphere will be something I'll probably never experience again in my policing service.

The Olympics have passed without any major incident and the pressure is very much on the police officers to make sure that remains the case. Today several police forces have left the accommodation to travel back to their various parts of the UK as their assistance to the London forces has ended - thankfully Cheshire are still here for perhaps the best part of the Olympics. It's really pleasing to see that team GB is now on 62 medals!

Well this time tomorrow it'll all be over and London will return to 'normal' - in the mean time I've got 50 degree heat in body armour to contend with down the tube - the bad news is that I've run out of Fabreeze so my body armour doesn't smell the freshest (that should however guarantee me some personal space on the trains).

- PC Tony Hayhurst

On duty at 6.45am and made my way to Euston for my briefing and I am to become a bone fide 'tunnel rat' having to cover the underground between Holborn and Knightsbridge providing hi-vis reassurance patrols along the Piccadilly Line. We're there looking for pickpockets who will target the crowded underground, we must remain vigilant at all time to ensure passengers arrive at their destination safely. It's a really warm day and the temperature down there is 45 degrees centigrade….hot, humid and busy.

The advantage of the Piccadilly Line is that each station has familiar landmarks - Knightsbridge (Harrods), Hyde Park (live screened events), Green Park, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Convent Garden and Holborn, so popping up for air is very pleasant!!

On one such location - Piccadilly Circus I even bumped into Insp G' who happened to be in the area with his serial deployed to the Met Police. A quick catch up and a photo later, we parted. We'll see each other on Monday evening.

- Sergeant Rachel Gallagher

I've spent the last few days working with PC Rick Hooley from Warrington, we've worked together on the Central Line tube and at Liverpool Street and Euston stations. The weather over the last few days has been really warm, I spoke to member of staff at Bank station who told me that the temperature on the tube platforms was 43 degrees and up to 50 degrees on the trains ! It's uncomfortable to say the least especially carrying 9 kilos of equipment.

I've had a really busy few days with some very long and tiring shifts but a few interesting policing incidents. I've dealt with 2 missing people, some lost property, a suspected stolen vehicle, an indecent exposure incident, criminal damage, disorderly behaviour by a group of youths, vagrants causing problems and a mental health incident. In addition I've given literally hundreds of people directions. I've even made an arrest.

I've found that Euston and Liverpool Street are quite busy places to work and are certainly a change from the sedate Canning Town station.

The great thing about working Euston is that it serves Cheshire and the north west so loads of people have been approaching me to tell me that they're from Cheshire. The atmosphere here is still really relaxed and pleasant. The public have been great, all chatting and seemingly pleased to see the police.

Rick and I popped over to Downing Street yesterday after we'd finished work and were really lucky to be allowed to the door of number 10 for a photo! That's been the highlight of our trip!

Today we were accosted by the Salvation Army who took out their paintbrushes to paint our arms in 'team GB' colours.

I've just found out that Rick and I are working together on Sunday night at Stratford International station - we can't get in to see the closing ceremony but we'll be pretty close

- PC Tony Hayhurst

Our cars are checked every shift but Sunday of earlies is when they traditionally get a good wash and a full check of all kit. Cars will can easily cover a few hundred miles a day and blue light runs means they have a hard working life. If we get the cars washed and checked over together it's a good chill out as mature, sensible and responsible Police officers and power washers rarely go together well. Today it was warm and sunny, an "accidental" soaking in January can stretch friendships.

Taking the opportunity for a team photo we posed by our newest car … the unmarked hid to remain anonymous.

From the left author, Stix, G-Dog and Ricardo.

We'd just finished when some bloke ran through the yard. It was a bit of a slog, what with the body armour and the heat but we eventually caught him after he slowed to a jog, just about the 210 metre mark. He insisted in joining us for a quick snap. Apparantly he was just over for some sports meeting!

- Sergeant Andy Jones

It has been a busy week. We have maintained our Hi vis patrols, performed licensing checks on local premises, and we have responded to incidents of a domestic nature. Also in conjunction with our Merseyside colleagues, we located an offender, who burgled a house locally in July, we then travelled to Merseyside to collect him and brought him into custody in Cheshire.

I can't praise the team from Frodsham enough for their extra efforts during the Games. In total so far, and still counting, we have worked over 250 hours since the games started. This has made a real difference. It has been tiring, but enjoyable.

- Specials Inspector Neil Gitton