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Remember the end of the Olympics, when Great Britain was trumpeting the huge success of Team GB at finishing up in fourth place on the medals table, only just behind the big guns of China, the USA and Russia, with a total of 47 medals, including 19 golds?

Well, get this. As of today, Britain's Paralympics squad has racked up its in these Games. One hundred shiny metal discs. For all you sports statistics fans out there, that's 41 golds, 29 silver and 30 bronze according to . And we're second behind the leaders, China, too - who have an utterly astonishing 206 medals.

Perhaps the best news of all is that our 100th medal came courtesy of wheelchair racer , who secured silver in the women's T54 1500 metres. It was a fitting achievement after the disappointment of having to hand back the silver medal she secured in the , where she managed to escape the race's dramatic wheelchair pile-up. When the race was , she managed a bronze.

So, 100 medals, eh? I may not know much about disability sport - to be honest, I get a bit puffed out going across the road to the local supermarket to stock up on cheese and caffeine - but I do hope that all the fuss and the fanfare that greeted the return of the Olympic team will be doubled for the return of our Paralympic squad. And, of course, that the transport for the victory parade will all be fully accessible ...