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May 29, 2007
Magnificent Olympic venue
After the dull and dismal bank holiday weather at least there is nothing dull about this week's Gazette which has just been completed.
I have to say that I have not had a great deal of input into this week's paper. I had to day off on Friday to attend a wedding and then through a series of circumstances was a little later into the office than I would have liked this morning.
Going back to Friday and the wedding reception was held at Dorney Lakes near Eton, which will play host to the 2012 Olympic/Paralympic Games rowing and kayaking events.
It really is a magnificent setting with 400 acres of parkland surrounding the Olympic rowing course, which stretches straight down the middle of the complex.
Standing on top of the boathouse which looks down the course one could almost imagine the thousands of people who will throng the banks for the 2012 events.
It's a top class facility for British rowing and has already hosted the World Rowing Championships last year. For those interested the lake complex cost £17m to construct and is owned by Eton College.
Anyway, back to this week's Gazette and considering the bank holiday the news team have done a superb job to produce a bumper edition with a really good mix of stories.
We have splashed on protestors plans to stage 24-hour vigils as they attempt to force the Government and aviation industry to abandon plans to expand Heathrow Airport.
Also on the front page is good news for those who have campaigned so vigorously to save the Cwn Pennant Mountain Centre from closure.
The centre in North Wales is used by schools across the borough and since we first broke the story about its possible closure earlier in the year we have been inundated with calls to save the centre.
Well there is some good news on the horizon with the council set to make a U-turn and keep the centre open. For the full story see this week's Gazette, which will be on the news stands from tomorrow morning.
Posted by aseal at May 29, 2007 2:11 PM