The Olympic Site, now with extra mud!
Discussion
Had to get a big coach in to London yesterday (was cheaper than the train) and we entered the city off the M11, going past the future Olympic site.
I really hope they know what they're doing as all I could see was loads of mud, huge piles of dirt, and a few diggers. It's 4 years away and considering how much needs building around there I really hope they start digging the foundations or something soon.
Also, even though it was 10:30 in the morning, there wasn't a single person on the site. Either every single person there was on their tea break, or they've all buggered off somewhere else.
The rest of the journey took us through east London, particularly Bow, Stratford etc (the bus was going to Victoria). The "regeneration" of the area is...interesting. Some really beautiful new buildings, like the new Muslim Centre, but they just make the rest of the place look three times as bad. It's not grafitti, of which there was surprisingly little, just dirty buildings, boarded up windows, etc etc etc. The whole of that area just needs a gigantic bucket of paint tipped over it (there's only so much a bulldozer can do).
I really hope they know what they're doing as all I could see was loads of mud, huge piles of dirt, and a few diggers. It's 4 years away and considering how much needs building around there I really hope they start digging the foundations or something soon.
Also, even though it was 10:30 in the morning, there wasn't a single person on the site. Either every single person there was on their tea break, or they've all buggered off somewhere else.
The rest of the journey took us through east London, particularly Bow, Stratford etc (the bus was going to Victoria). The "regeneration" of the area is...interesting. Some really beautiful new buildings, like the new Muslim Centre, but they just make the rest of the place look three times as bad. It's not grafitti, of which there was surprisingly little, just dirty buildings, boarded up windows, etc etc etc. The whole of that area just needs a gigantic bucket of paint tipped over it (there's only so much a bulldozer can do).
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