Originally Posted by Richard Brown

There was a lot of controversy about the erection of a temporary horse trials venue for the Olympics. I haven't been to see what was done. Hopefully the park won't be damaged, although it will take time for the grass etc to recover.

I was at Woolwich for the first tine in 5 years, and amazed at the temporary buildings complex on the.common in front of the barracks, and the extent of road closures. I don't know what is going on up there, but it's extremely intrusive in many ways; not right to me.

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Here's a news article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13973421

The arena is in the space between the Royal Observatory and Queen's House.

And Woolwich barracks open ace will be the Olympics shooting venue.

Try this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13349085

It's amazing how extensive the buildings are and the traffic disruption.

As to using Greenwich, there are other horse eventing venues, such as Badminton,, which could have served the Olympics better than Greenwich Park.

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