Well as a poster above was unkind enough to remind me !!
(I feel the pain now)
We couldn't fly for approx. 6 Summer weeks during the bun fight fest that our Gov. had for the Olympics.
As it happened our own CAA were for some months prior going to be accommodating and viewed favourably proposals for small airfields far away from any event to have exit corridors .....
Then our own dear Government sent in the heavy brigade (Special Branch) and the hitherto all powerful CAA were simply pushed aside.
BTW. We too have forbidden G.A. areas this week-end for the US President's visit, but frankly that's small beer. Personally I'm much more incensed that he's abused our own Sovereign's hospitality & her stance of neutrality by threateningly lecturing Britain if we dare to reject a complete Eu take-over of our own Democracy.
mike hallam