A blind author who had to be guided from the path of construction vehicles setting up the controversial Formula E race track through Battersea Park during the summer has warned Wandsworth Council it "has a real fight on its hands" from residents, as the decision on the future of race looms closer.

James Jackson, historical thriller writer, is so incensed by the potential return of Formula E he is planning to stand for council against the current member on a platform to protect parks.

Mr Jackson, who is blind, uses the park throughout the summer and was spotted by Jan Littlewood being guided away with his white stick by a worker from the path of a vehicle carrying concrete posts during the event set-up.

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He said: "You know instinctively when something is wrong.

"So many mothers and children and disabled people use that park, with no option to go anywhere else.

"It really is the thin end of the wedge."

Since the event in June, the Save Battersea Park group has formed to protest the event's return and encourage the council to use the break clause in the contract set up with Formula E organisers.

Mr Jackson said: "I love this park.

"They have a real fight on their hands.

"Sometimes it takes something like this to make you realise what you are about to lose."

Campaigners are planning a protest at the town hall on November 24, before the decision is due on next year's event.

He added: "I think they have taken on something they really do not understand.

"It will be a huge campaign.

"There will be picketing on the gates and we intend to field candidates against them in the election."

Throughout the event, car parks and the zoo were closed temporarily and all but a north east corner and part of a riverside walk was closed for the days of the event.

Set up and take down of the event took around three weeks in total, and park users came across HGVs and large vehicles moving pieces of the track throughout that time.

Mr Jackson said: "My advice to Formula E is to go to the places which are designed for this.

"The sponsors of this are going to have their brand and image tarnished by being associated with the descration of Wandsworth.

"I would like to see the campaign for Battersea Park become one for all the other campaigns, to save parks in London.

"They are the envy of the world.

"It is so critical to the life of London and everyone in Wandsworth."

Mr Jackson said there had been a groundswell of support from those living near the park since the event.

He added: "We are going to take the park back.

"Do not piss off a blind man."

A spokesman for Wandsworth Council said: "There were plenty or stewards and marshals on duty throughout and their job was to assist and advise park users and ensure the safety of the public. There were no injuries reported to us.

"The set up mainly affected the park’s perimeter road and once people had crossed this, almost all of the remainder of the park’s 200 acres was open for people to enjoy as normal."