We love nothing more than a moan in this country. It might be the weather, our nation’s attempts at international football glory or the fare offered up on television.

We’ll pick it apart, analyse it and probably in the end have a good moan about it. It’s in our DNA and I’ll profess to being no different than anyone else.

It’s absolutely no surprise then that next year’s Olympic Games have become a top subject for the nation’s best grumblers.

I overheard two such people just the other night. One was telling the other how bored they already were by the Olympics and that they just wanted it to be over. The other grunted in agreement.

Obviously, I’m not going to try and stop someone from having an opinion, but I do wish more people would try and get excited about the next nine months or so.

Granted not everything has run as smoothly as it might. If only the stadiums could be twice as bigger so more people could attend, the ticket process could have been fairer and the powers that be haven’t helped themselves with the recent news that government officials have spent £750,000 on tickets for themselves.

But it is still going to be a great occasion and a great year to be in this country.

For many people in this country an event like this will come around just once in their lifetime.

Is it no wonder therefore that those running it are determined to make the most of it?

I’m as cynical as the next person, I am a journalist after all and it is ingrained in us during the early days of our training, but I refuse to be so about London 2012.

This is an opportunity like no other for the nation to come together as one. For those all to few weeks next summer little else will be on people’s minds.

We’ll be truly thrilled by the drama, the rags to riches stories and the triumphs against adversity.

And, unlike when other sporting events take over our lives, we may even have a chance of winning something in this one.

So why not put the moans to one side for a while and just enjoy it while it lasts?