Forget the opening ceremony - we were all too busy trying to work out what was going on and why the Queen was hanging out with James Bond.

Friday morning, when the track and field sports began was our first proper chance to get a look inside the 80,000 capacity Olympic Stadium - comprising both the Olympic Cauldron and a cacophony of cheers.

Our reporter inside the venue Luke McGee, who is there to watch Jessica Ennis, described the atmosphere, saying: "The stadium is incredible, the only way to comprehend the vastness is the volume, as you think someone is cheering near you, then you realise is hundreds of meters away, they are just that loud, then your stand cheers and it is deafening.

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The Olympic stadium, which seats 80,000


"Every time anything vaguely GB happens the crowd goes insane but there is an understanding that Jess is the star of today.

"Every time she does something the whole stadium's attention goes to her. She just sat down and the screens went to her."

Earlier on Friday a packed Olympic stadium greeted Ennis rapturously, while even Britons stationed in the press tribunes broke from protocol to applaud the Sheffield athlete.

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  • An ariel view of the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park on August 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

  • An ariel view of the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park on August 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

  • An ariel view of the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park on August 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

  • An ariel view of the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park on August 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

  • An ariel view of the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park on August 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

  • Photo taken on August 3, 2012 shows a general view of the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games athletics event. AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMAD

  • An ariel view of the Olympic Stadium on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park on August 3, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images)

  • Photo taken on August 3, 2012 shows a general view of the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games athletics event. AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMAD

  • Photo taken on August 3, 2012 shows a general view of the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games athletics event. AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMAD

  • The Olympic flame is seen in the Olympic stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events, London, Britain 03 August 2012. Photo: PA

  • The Olympic flame is seen in the Olympic stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events, London, Britain 03 August 2012. Photo: PA

  • The Olympic flame is seen in the Olympic stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events, London, Britain 03 August 2012. Photo: PA