London 2012 Day 13 - Greenwich Park

Yesterday (Thursday) was the final of the individual dressage, where Team GB won Gold (Charlotte Dujardin) and Bronze (Laura Bechtosheimer).

My team was stationed by the Blackheath entrance to Greenwich Park all day, so I don't have any photos or videos of the event unfortunately.

Instead, I thought I'd show you some general behind-the-scenes photos from Greenwich Park:

If you've been impressed by the quality of the TV coverage from the various Olympic venues, then you have the OBS (Olympic Broadcast Service) to thank for most of it. They provide nearly all of the coverage from all of the events, and then this is shown by the various international TV companies, such as the BBC, NBC in America, Channel 9 in Australia, etc.

The OBS have cameras all of over Greenwich Park. They even have a huge, 1.5Km long cable suspended over the park for the Sky-Cam, which provides all of the amazing overhead shots. Here is one of the several camera boxes in the top of the arena:

Camera box at the top of the Greenwich Park arena

This rather eccentric chap is in charge of the arena area and controls the horses and team members coming in and out. I don't know his name but he's a real character and all of the riders seem to know him well, so I imagine that he must do this job at various international equestrian events:

The arena director

Earlier this week, all of the Greenwich Park Games Makers assembled in the arena for a group photo. This is a picture of everyone coming in:

Games Makers entering the arena

The Greenwich Tavern is the pub right outside the entrance used by all of the workforce, as well as the teams. It's always packed at the end of the day and quite often you will see the riders in there, still dressed in their riding gear:

Outside the Greenwich Tavern

Last night was particularly busy (and a bit sad), as yesterday marked the end of the equestrian events at Greenwich Park. As I left in the evening, horse boxes were already lining up, as the horses and teams started moving out. On Saturday and Sunday, the modern pentathlon events will be taking place and a whole new bunch of people will be taking their place.