I met HRH The Duchess of Cornwall who was visiting to site to find out more about the venue. She arrived at the site slightly early – I warm to anyone who is a stickler for time. After the initial obligatory photocall we got down to the real business of exploring the magnficient view across the Park.
I pointed across to Canary Wharf across the river, to the Dome on the Greenwich Peninsula and the ExCeL Centre (both Games venues) and towards the site of the Olympic Park.
I explained to the Duchess that ours will be a compact Games, with the Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village only 15 minutes away and the shooting venue at Woolwich just five minutes down the road.
Greenwich Park will be a stunning venue and give equestrian sport an exposure that it does not have a handhold on outside the rural community. I want all competitors to be a part of the Games and Greenwich Park will certainly make sure that riders are part of the mainstream action. It will be a fantastic venue.
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