Some info on the Olympic Velo Park ahead of it's official opening at the ...

Julian Bond - 2014-03-20 09:50:41+0000 - Updated: 2014-03-20 09:52:29+0000

Some info on the Olympic Velo Park ahead of it's official opening at the end of the month. It seems at least some of the tracks are more or less open if you can find the gaps in the fence!

http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/velopark.html

The bit I'm most interested in is if the towpaths on the old river Lea are open from Tottenham Hale to 3 Mills. A lot of that runs right through the middle of the Olympic Park and has been closed for a few years now.

diamond geezer

Karl Roche - 2014-03-20 09:53:35+0000

Might take a ride up there one day just to have a look. I wasn't here during the Olympics but did pop up to Westfield before - that was about as close as you could get back then.

Hamish Gaunt - 2014-03-20 10:44:15+0000

+Karl Roche the challenge will be to find a sane cycling route to the QEOP. If you go up there soon, be sure to include the Greenway in your travels - I used to use bits of it when working on the park and it can come in useful for crossing major roads (if they haven't wrecked it by putting steps in). I'd like to take the family up there for a spin, but would have difficulty in persuading them to cycle the 22-odd miles to get there first!

Hamish Gaunt - 2014-03-20 10:44:33+0000

Nice write-up BTW +Julian Bond

Karl Roche - 2014-03-20 10:58:57+0000

+Hamish Gaunt Yeah, I don't think riding through London would be the best part of the trip.

Julian Bond - 2014-03-20 11:53:45+0000 - Updated: 2014-03-20 11:58:23+0000

I did a circular run last year. Greenway View tube -> Beckton -> Woolwich Ferry -> Greenwich via Thames Path -> Greenwich tunnel to LimeHouse -> Grand Union to Victoria Park and then Hertford cut to Greenway. That's 90% off road! The Greenway is great except 1) it smells and 2) frequent road crossings some with kissing gates or even locked gates. I've got a photo album somewhere. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/106416716945076707395/albums/5872892569277921505

That started with a train trip to Ware->Stratford. Unfortunately I was too late on the way back and couldn't get on the Tottenham Hale -> Ware train in rush hour. So cycled back via the tow path. Long day.

Hamish Gaunt - 2014-03-20 12:11:22+0000

+Julian Bond it takes me back, especially the 3rd picture (Abbey Creek). In the latter days of our Olympic Park project, our site office was in the Channel Sea building overlooking Abbey Creek. It had a cafe in the top floor and the views of the creek and the QEOP beyond were great. Agree about the smell though on occasion. Depressed area.