I think they were overwhelmed a bit by the numbers. It was supposed to be restricted to 20,000 but clearly many more than had registered turned up. The estimate on this evening's Channel 4 programme was 32,000 spectators.
I left home at 10 am expecting to be a couple of hours (I only live 15 miles away) but didn't get home again until 5:30 pm.
A fantastic day.
~iw
