On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:04:37 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

Yes, I'd defo recommend a jaunt out to to Stratford and a trip on the
NLL even if one only goes as far as Hackney Wick then turns back just
to see for yourself what's happening (and has happened) at the Olympic
Park. You can also get some decent views from the GEML twixt Liverpool
Street and Stratford (though that's not right in the midst of it
unlike the NLL).

A good circular route - that I did in the opposite direction - is to
walk from Hackney Wick along the Greenway to the View Tube area then
get the DLR from Pudding Mill Lane. A bit industrial at first but
gets better on the foot/cyclepath proper. The DLR to Stratford runs
along the same GEML track after leaving the old goods chord from
Poplar.