I just got in from a trundle around the Olympic Park. I still head up there quite a bit as Stratford still strikes me as one of those interesting, vibrant, dynamic corners of the metropolis worth keeping an eye on. However, I just feel I need to vent an issue which I think is rather sad. When the Olympic Park was first created, you’ll probably remember there being plenty of green space: large areas of grass surrounded the Olympic Stadium. It looked quite picturesque. Over the past fourteen years however, these areas have been built upon and used for housing: the fields are now blocks of flats. This seems like a great shame to me. I know that housing is at a premium in London, but do they have to sacrifice every patch of green space? What gave that lovely new park a peaceful, open and almost rural feel, now seems far more enclosed.